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Truman Medical Centers

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Kansas City, MO
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    If you want to work where the action is, Truman Medical Centers/University Health (TMC/UH) is the place for you. Known as “Kansas City’s Essential Hospital,” TMC/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, TMC/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. TMC/UH is comprised of three campuses:  

     

    TMC/UH HEATH SCIENCES DISTRICT is located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Health Sciences District represents a robust academic community, leading the forefront of biomedical research and cutting edge technology. Partnered with UMKC and Children’s Mercy Hospital, Truman Medical Centers serves as the cornerstone in educating the next generation of healthcare practitioners. As a Level 1 Trauma Center, we’re a leader in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, with world-class expertise in chronic disease management and women’s services, including high-risk maternity care. The Health Sciences District is also home to the University Health building, TMC’s beautiful specialty outpatient clinics and day-surgery center. We will soon open University Health 2, which will house all of our primary care and women’s care clinics.   

     

    TMC/UH LAKEWOOD is located between Kansas City and Lee’s Summit, Missouri, offering residents of Eastern Jackson County access to a modern community hospital with a continuum of outpatient services designed to meet the needs of families.  TMC/UH Lakewood specializes in high-risk maternal and child care, and serves as one of the few Kansas City metro area institutions accredited by The Joint Commission in Orthopedics and Palliative Care. It also is home to a 188-bed, fully accredited long-term care center.

     

    TMC/UH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH is the KC metro area’s largest, most comprehensive provider of mental health services. The HEALING CANVAS BUILDING, located in Kansas City’s vibrant Crossroads Arts District, is its epicenter, providing a broad list of outpatient services. We also offer psychiatric inpatient care, and we deliver therapeutic services through our community outreach clinics. We are a leader in the Trauma-Informed Care Movement, and provide training, coaching and consulting to outside organizations.

     

     

     

    The role of the Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) is to provide clinically competent care in collaboration with physicians and other members of the health care team.  The APRN provides care to a specific patient population including persons with serious and persistent mental illnesses; obtains health history, performs physical and/or psychiatric examination; formulates a plan of care; performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; maintains an advanced knowledge base and skills in health promotion and  maintenance, disease prevention, physical/mental/psychosocial assessment, and patient/family education.  The Nurse Practitioner will be available to take call and provide coverage for service areas beyond the primary assignment, when additional staffing is required.

     

    Required Skills

    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

     

    • Graduated from an accredited academic program and be duly and currently licensed to practice in the state of Missouri. 
    • Requires good people skills, ability to work with culturally varied patient and staff population, and the desire to apply TMC mission and vision in the performance of his/her work.
    • The employee shall have the knowledge necessary for working with severe and persistent mental illness including but not limited to good assessment and diagnostic skills, psychopharmacology, community health and psychiatry practices, therapy and other health treatment modalities for the type of practice the APRN is engaged in, whether primary care of psychiatric specialty.  
    • The employee will be able to relate to very difficult patients who may at times be hostile, psychotic or intoxicated.

     

    Required Experience

  • Qualifications

    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

     

    • Graduated from an accredited academic program and be duly and currently licensed to practice in the state of Missouri. 
    • Requires good people skills, ability to work with culturally varied patient and staff population, and the desire to apply TMC mission and vision in the performance of his/her work.
    • The employee shall have the knowledge necessary for working with severe and persistent mental illness including but not limited to good assessment and diagnostic skills, psychopharmacology, community health and psychiatry practices, therapy and other health treatment modalities for the type of practice the APRN is engaged in, whether primary care of psychiatric specialty.  
    • The employee will be able to relate to very difficult patients who may at times be hostile, psychotic or intoxicated.

     

  • Industry
    Hospital and Health Care