About this role
Children’s Mercy is home to one of the few Comprehensive Colorectal Centers in the nation. The center takes a team-based approach to care for children with colorectal conditions such as Hirschsprung disease and other anorectal and pelvic floor disorders. Registered Nurses provide the highest level of pediatric colorectal care through nationally recognized providers.
Registered staff nurses utilize the nursing process and knowledge of scientific principles to deliver safe, high-quality, comprehensive, and age-appropriate nursing care. They manage clinic patients in collaboration with providers and the care team, including phone triage and collection of clinical records like labs, pathology, operative reports, and radiology imaging. Nurses coordinate patient care to ensure high-quality delivery and assist with surgery scheduling.
Join an inclusive and compassionate team at Children’s Mercy, recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top pediatric hospital for eleven consecutive years. The hospital engages in meaningful community programs and partnerships to improve children’s lives beyond its walls. Staff contribute to performance improvement initiatives across surgery clinics.
The workplace reflects core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team, and integrity. Seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment, with requirements for MMR, varicella, and Tdap vaccinations. Medical or religious exemptions can be discussed with Human Resources.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure
- Knowledge of scientific principles for pediatric nursing care
- Ability to provide age-appropriate care for children with colorectal conditions like Hirschsprung disease
- Proficiency in clinic patient management and phone triage
- Familiarity with acquiring clinical records such as labs, pathology, operative reports, and imaging
- Understanding of surgery scheduling processes
- Alignment with core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team, and integrity
- Compliance with immunization requirements including influenza, MMR, varicella, and Tdap
Responsibilities
- Utilize the nursing process to provide safe, high-quality, comprehensive, and age-appropriate nursing care
- Provide illness management and health promotion for patients and families
- Deliver patient and family education and advocate for their needs
- Manage clinic patients in collaboration with providers and care team
- Collect and acquire pertinent clinical records including labs, pathology, operative reports, and radiology reports/imaging
- Perform phone triage
- Coordinate patient care with non-clinical personnel to ensure high-quality delivery
- Participate in performance improvement initiatives and provide clinical nursing support to surgery services
Benefits
- Work at a top pediatric hospital recognized by U.S. News & World Report for eleven consecutive years
- Join a team-based Comprehensive Colorectal Center with nationally recognized providers
- Contribute to community programs and partnerships improving children’s lives
- Inclusive workplace reflecting the community and core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team, and integrity
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