Perioperative Services Clinical Mentor

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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:

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