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Clinical Mentor RN - Health Science District - 4 Blue Med/Surg (FT 6:45am-7:15pm)101 Truman Medical CenterJob LocationUniversity Health Truman Medical CenterKansas City, MissouriIf you want to work where the action is, University Health (UH) is the place for you. Known as "Kansas City's Essential Hospital," UH is the safety net healthcare system for Jackson County/Kansas City. We are an academic medical center, serving as the primary teaching institution for the UMKC Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.A 547-bed, not-for-profit health system, UH delivers the highest-quality medical care for our patients, with compassion, empathy, and unparalleled dedication to service. During the 2020 pandemic, we also stepped forward as a regional leader in COVID care and testing. UH is comprised of three campuses:
UH Truman Medical Center is located in the Health Sciences District of downtown Kansas City, Missouri.The Health Sciences District represents a robust academic community, leading the forefront of biomedical research and cutting edge technology. Partnered with UMKC and Children's Mercy Hospital. University Health serves as the cornerstone in educating the next generation of healthcare practitioners. As a Level 1 Trauma Center, we're a leader in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, with world-class expertise in chronic disease management and women's services, including high-risk maternity care. The Health Sciences District is also home to the University Health 1 and 2 buildings. UH 1 is UH's beautiful specialty outpatient clinics and day-surgery center and UH 2 is the location for all of our primary care and women's care clinics.
UH Lakewood Medical Center is located between Kansas City and Lee's Summit, Missouri, offering residents of Eastern Jackson County access to a modern community hospital with a continuum of outpatient services designed to meet the needs of families. UH Lakewood specializes in high-risk maternal and child care, and serves as one of the few Kansas City metro area institutions accredited by The Joint Commission in Orthopedics and Palliative Care.It also is home to a 188-bed, fully accredited long-term care center.
UH Behavioral Health is the KC metro area's largest, most comprehensive provider of mental health services. The Crossroads Building, located in Kansas City's vibrant Crossroads Arts District, is its epicenter, providing a broad list of outpatient services. We also offer psychiatric inpatient care, and we deliver therapeutic services through our community outreach clinics. We are a leader in the Trauma-Informed Care Movement, and provide training, coaching and consulting to outside organizations.
TheClinical Mentor is an RN with expertise in Med/Surg who is also a unit specific educator that coordinates mentors and leads the new nurses as they progress from novice to competent. The Mentor supports the development of knowledge and skills in novice and the beginner nurse by providing daily mentorship and role-modeling, which empowers the novice to achieve professional growth and excellence through the delivery of evidenced based nursing practice. This occurs through the role modeling of professional bedside nursing and by the application of the educational process to the orientation of an RN who is new to a specialty area. This includes the application of assessment, development, planning, implementation and evaluation of competency in the critical care internship. This position reports directly to the Department Director in collaboration with the Corporate Clinical Nurse Educator (CCNE). Travel may be required to facilitate collaboration with entities across Truman Medical Centers.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Current state of Missouri license as a Registered Nurse. Current BCLS, ACLS and TNCC/ATCN.
- A minimum of (3) to (5) years recent full-time continuous nursing experience in the area of specialty clinical practice is required.
- Ability to navigate through the electronic medical record, and demonstrated basic computer knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Word, Power Point & Outlook
- Effective collaboration problem-solving, negotiation and written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to be self-motivated and work independently/collaborate with colleagues and shift priorities with flexibility.
- Expectation to maintain concurrent clinical expertise specific to TMC by working as a critical care staff nurse at the bedside for a minimum of 12 hours every six weeks. Worked time is to be scheduled with the director's approval and the knowledge of the education department and may not interfere with cohort instruction.
- Required to comply with all mandatory conditions of employment to include but not limited to; continuing education, participation in organizational initiatives, annual skills, compliance, safety, and annual health assessments and competency.
Truman Medical Centers is committed to being a leader in providing culturally inclusive health care services for patients in ways that are effective, fair, respectful, and culturally competent and in providing a culturally inclusive workplace for employees. We value and celebrate our differences, which include, but are not limited to, race, ethnicity, language, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, literacy, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, mobility, abilities, and belief systems.