Unit Coordinator - Burn Unit - Night Shift

Company: The University of Kansas Health System
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: September 21, 2023

Job Description:

locations
Kansas City, KS
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 30+ Days Ago
job requisition id
R-22686
Position Title

Unit Coordinator - Burn Unit - Night Shift

Nights - Full Time

Bell Hospital

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Position Summary / Career Interest:
Provides charge nurse responsibilities, including assignments, management of throughput, staffing to matrix, and responding to patient and staff needs. Manages a patient care assignment as indicated by patient care needs. Assists with hiring, education and performance evaluation of the staff. Works with the Nurse Manager and Human Resources in performance management counseling and discipline of staff. Instructs staff and ensures compliance with standards through daily on-going monitoring and performance management. Serves as a role model and mentor for excellence in clinical practice and patient and employee satisfaction. Takes personal responsibility for achieving productivity targets and budget compliance. Has primary involvement and responsibility for unit performance improvement activities and outcomes.

Inpatient Burn Unit
These nurses work with an experienced multi-disciplinary team, using the latest diagnostic and therapeutic techniques to help patients heal from burns, complex skin disorders, slow-to-heal wounds and reconstructive surgeries. Our Burnett Burn Center is an adult and pediatric verified burn center that provides acute and intensive inpatient care to those who need specialized treatment and rehab interventions.. The center features two hydrotherapy bays, an operating room suite, a nutrition center and a physical therapy gym. We also closely collaborate with the outpatient burn and wound care clinic to provide ongoing specialized wound care in the outpatient setting which may include hyperbaric oxygen therapy to enhance healing.

Responsibilities:
Provides charge nurse responsibilities, including assignments, management of throughput, staffing to matrix, and responding to patient and staff needs.
Manages a patient care assignment as indicated by patient care needs.
Assists with hiring, education and performance evaluation of the staff.
Works with the Nurse Manager and Human Resources in performance management counseling and discipline of staff.
Instructs staff and ensures compliance with standards through daily on-going monitoring and performance management.
Serves as a role model and mentor for excellence in clinical practice and patient and employee satisfaction.
Takes personal responsibility for achieving productivity targets and budget compliance.
Has primary involvement and responsibility for unit performance improvement activities and outcomes.

*Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

*Note: These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Required:
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Nursing
Registered Nurse in State of Kansas
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or obtained within 14 days of hire.

As a condition of your employment and continued employment with the health system, you are required to secure a Nurse Compact License (NCL) within 60 days of your date of hire. This will enable you to perform your job duties not only in Kansas, but other compact states. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in securing this license, and must provide your manager with evidence of this license before the sixty-day period expires. If you fail to secure the NCL as required, you will be immediately removed from the work schedule and placed on an unpaid administrative leave, until we can understand the reasons for your non-compliance. Further failure to comply with the licensing requirement will result in your end of employment with the health system.

Preferred:
2 years of clinical experience
Professional Nursing Certification

Time Type:
Full time

Job Requisition ID:
R-22686

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.

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