This paper reviews the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) position as shown on Life Long Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, and Mayo Clinic healthcare organizations. The paper’s main aim is to compare employee benefits and compensation plans from all three sites. In doing so, the paper will look into the similarities and differences existing in the three benefits and compensation packages.
Life Long Medical Center is a California-based organization that offers healthcare and social services to its target population. Part of Life Long’s benefit plan for its employees include the following elements. First, Life Long treats CNSs as full-time salaried employees. Second, they enjoy paid leave and sick days as well as dental and medical benefits. Third, these individuals have access to the 403B retirement plan as well as opportunities to take and repay loans through an affordable scheme (Life Long Medical Center, 2016).
Kaiser Permanente, in a similar position, offers its CNSs an opportunity to work in a culturally diverse environment. Notably, the organization’s website does not outlay the compensation package for its CNSs. However, it identifies the working hours as 32 from Monday to Thursday. They also require that their employees accept to work in a non-unionized workplace environment. Nonetheless, some of the benefits include access to life insurance, dental and medical plans, spending flexibility and disability income. Note that these benefits only apply to employees working for over 20 hours per week (KP, 2016).
Finally, the Mayo Clinic website depicts a clear planning for all of their employee compensation and benefits packages. As full-time employees, CNSs under Mayo use education as a powerful tool through which the organization can extend job offers and equity in compensation. The organization identifies the minimum compensation package for CNSs as about USD 3,000 on a bi-weekly agreement. The working hours, however, are 80 and schedule days given as Monday to Friday (Mayo Clinic, 2014).
References
KP. (2016). Kaiser Permanente: Clinical Nurse Specialist(Job Number: 490676). Retrieved from Kaiser Permanente: https://kp.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=1950652
Life Long Medical Center. (2016). Clinical Nurse Specialist. Retrieved from Life Long Medical Center: https://careers-lifelongmedical.icims.com/jobs/1274/clinical-nurse-specialist/job?mode=job&iis=Indeed&iisn=Indeed.com&mobile=false&width=1150&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=180&jun1offset=180
Mayo Clinic. (2014). Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Job. Retrieved from Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayo-clinic-jobs.com/job/Mankato-Clinical-Nurse-Specialist-%28CNS%29-Job-MN-56001/337586700/
