Inpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Nurse - RN Weekend Alt Days (NKC) - University Health - (2 Shift/week, 7a - 7:30p)
Kansas City, Missouri
Posted Sep 2
- Shift
- 12-hour days
- Hours a week
- 24
- Unit
- NKCH Behavioral Health
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 7:00AM - 7:30PM
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Precepting expected
- Setting
- Behavioral Health
- Accepts
- RN
More role details
- Unit
- NKCH Behavioral Health
- Patients
- The Clinical Nurse RN provides safe, compassionate nursing care in Behavioral Health.
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About this role
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Inpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Nurse - RN Weekend Alt Days (NKC) - University Health - (2 Shift/week, 7a - 7:30p)
101 Truman Medical Center
Job Location UH Behavioral Health
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Kansas City, Missouri
Department
NKCH Behavioral Health
Position Type
Full time
Work Schedule
7:00AM - 7:30PM
Hours Per Week
24
Job Description
The Clinical Nurse RN provides safe, compassionate nursing care in Behavioral Health. This role assesses patient needs, develops and implements individualized care plans, and evaluates outcomes using the nursing process. The RN collaborates with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams while practicing within the Missouri Nurse Practice Act and organizational and regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities
Assess patients and develop, implement, and evaluate individualized plans of care
Provide evidence-based nursing care based on patient needs and clinical setting
Collaborate with patients, families, providers, and interdisciplinary teams
Maintain professional nursing standards and clinical competency
Demonstrate knowledge and skills specific to the assigned clinical area
Promote quality improvement, patient and staff safety, and culturally responsive care
Provide compassionate, respectful, and patient-centered service
Participate in education, committees, program evaluation, research, and student supervision as appropriate
Maintain compliance with applicable laws, regulations, organizational policies, and the Missouri Nurse Practice Act
Minimum Requirements
Graduation from an accredited nursing program
Current Missouri license as a Registered Nurse
Current BCLS
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or equivalent in a specific specialty
RN Specialty Certification
If you’re a compassionate and dedicated RN looking to make a difference in patient care, we encourage you to apply today and join our team!
This role is at the new North Kansas City Location
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Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited nursing program
- Current Missouri license as a Registered Nurse
- Current BCLS
- Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or equivalent in a specific specialty
- Preferred Qualifications: RN Specialty Certification
- Preferred Qualifications: If you’re a compassionate and dedicated RN looking to make a difference in patient care, we encourage you to apply today and join our team!
- Preferred Qualifications: This role is at the new North Kansas City Location
Place
- City
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Median rent
- $1,238/mo
- Local household income
- $69,166/yr
- Metro price level
- 7% below the national average
- Campus
- North Kansas City Location
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Kansas City area index 92.5, where 100 is the national average.
Straddling the Missouri–Kansas border, Kansas City serves up world-class barbecue, jazz heritage, and wide-reaching suburbs at an easygoing pace. Fountain-lined boulevards and revitalized downtown districts give nurses a midsize metro with surprising culture—minus the coastal price tag or daily gridlock. A practical, friendly relocation choice for healthcare professionals seeking Midwestern stability.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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University Health KC is an academic medical center serving the Kansas City, Missouri community and beyond. It operates two acute care hospitals—one in the UMKC Health Sciences District just south of Downtown Kansas City and a second location in Southeast…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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