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Perioperative Services Clinical Mentor

101 Truman Medical Center

Job LocationUniversity Health 4 (UH4)

Kansas City, Missouri

DepartmentOperating Room UHTMC

Position TypeFull time

Work Schedule7:00AM - 3:30PM

Hours Per Week40

If 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.

Job Description

The Clinical Mentor is a Registered Nurse with clinical expertise who mentors and leads the new nurses as they progress from novice to competent. The Clinical Mentor (CM) supports the development of knowledge and skills in novice and beginner clinical nurses 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 process includes the application of assessment, development, planning, implementation and evaluation of competency. The CM will act in the full capacity of a bedside nurse RN, as scheduled, in mentoring and in shadowing for skills assessment purposes. This position is considered a clinical position, and therefore will spend the majority of time at work in the clinical area, side by side with novice nurses. Travel may be required to facilitate collaboration with entities across the organization

Minimum Requirements for Full Time:

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Current state of Missouri license as a Registered Nurse.

Current BLS, ACLS.

A minimum of (3) years recent full-time continuous nursing experience in the area of 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 the organization by working as a staff nurse at the bedside for a minimum of 12 hours every six weeks. Worked time is to be scheduled with the NRP Manager’s approval and with the knowledge of the Clinical Education and Research department and may not interfere with cohort instruction. The exception to this would be during a staffing crisis, and the request would come from senior nursing leadership in collaboration with the NRP manager.

In order to effectively support the individual nurse residents and new-to-the area nurses, the CM may, at times, need to work alternative hours, including nights and weekends.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

•RN Certification in Education or clinical area assigned

•Other instructor certification as applicable