Saint Luke's Health System Kansas City Kansas City , MO 64126
Posted 1 week ago
Job Description
The Opportunity:
Crittenton Children's Center is the Kansas City area's premier provider of psychiatric care for children, adolescents and their families. It is located on a picturesque, 96-acre campus in south Kansas City (near Longview Lake) providing serenity, beauty and privacy to assist with the healing process. For more than 100 years we've cared for the emotional health of Kansas City's children and families. Today we offer one of the area's most comprehensive behavioral health care programs. This position will be supporting our Acute In-Patient and Residential Behavioral Health Programs. These programs provide behavioral health care for children ages 3-18 years, who require short term or long-term in-patient stays. Crittenton is backed by the complete resources of Saint Luke's Health System.
Models the SLHS Leadership Competencies and core values including professionalism innovation adaptability independent judgment and solid decision making skills. Accountable for the development implementation and evaluation of the care provided on the patient care units consistent with the established strategic plan goals and objectives for Patient Centered Care. Works in collaboration with nursing leadership to identify areas of improvement regarding practice policies and processes. Supports optimal care that requires specialized knowledge critical thinking and skills based on principles of psychological social physical and biological sciences that utilize the nursing processes. Drives employee engagement and retention. Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to exceed customer expectations in a patient centered and healing environment. Maintains all clinical competencies if required due to size and structure of the unit and may occasionally be counted in staffing.
In Population Health setting, the Nurse Manager provides support for the day to day operations including scheduling, outreach, and assignments. Working with the Director of Population Health, this role is the main contact for the interdisciplinary team, responsible for training and oversight of new hires and ongoing staff, including Nurses, Medical Assistants and Community Health Workers. The Nurse Manager, as part of the leadership team, facilitates relationships with providers, health plans, vendors, facilities and community organizations. Requires 5+ years of clinical practice in a hospital, clinic, home care, or nursing home setting and 2-3 years of increasing supervisory or management experience in a health care setting.
We are seeking patient centered, self-driven, motivated nurses who are committed to providing exceptional patient care and are able to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Why Saint Luke's?
We value our nurses' knowledge, experience, and expertise to improve patient outcomes and provide quality care. Our nurses are compensated fairly for their hard work and dedication to our patients, we offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees:
As a leading behavioral health provider for youth in the Kansas City community, Crittenton's residential and acute inpatient programs have consistently exceeded national and local quality benchmarks over the past five years.
Job Requirements
Applicable Experience:
2 years
Basic Life Support- American Heart Association or Red Cross, Registered Nurse- Various
Bachelor's Degree- Science in Nursing
Job Details
Full Time
Day (United States of America)
The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke's 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke's means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.
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Saint Luke's Health System Kansas City