Nurse-PRN

Nurse-PRN

R-0002068
Kansas City Campus

Job Type:
Staff

Job Description:

Working with Kansas City area elementary schools, the Score 1 for Health PRN Nurse ensures timely follow-up with families qualifying for services; cultivates alliances with schools, effectively promoting the child health benefits of the program ; and contributes to the advancement of the program and departmental operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures timely follow-up with families qualifying for services.
• Organize referral caseload
• Effectively tracks all families contacted
• Coordinates appropriate referrals
• Facilitates follow-up contact with families
• Cultivates alliances with entities, effectively promoting the benefits of the programs.
• Serves as a resource and liaison with school professionals, parents, and community programs
• Acts as a conduit of change in promoting healthy lifestyles
• Represents the University favorably and in accordance with established Core Values and expectations
• Performs other duties as assigned or directed to meet the goals and objectives of the organization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing. Extensive knowledge and experience may substitute for education
• Three years experience in pediatric, community, public, or school nursing. Experience in patient education, diabetes education, health promotion, social services desired. One year experience working with low-income, multi-cultural families preferred and highly desirable.
• Must be proficient with MS office (word, excel, access).
• Must have excellent time management skills, be able to work independently, productively, and with little to no supervision.
• Must be able to provide own transportation to elementary schools when needed.
• Flexibility in work hours, due to early evening activities, including attendance and phone work.
• Strong skills in phone and face-to-face health assessments, specifically ability to assess readiness for change in lifestyle.
• Demonstrated attributes in displaying compassion and developing trust while interacting with all constituents.
• Strong phone skills essential.
• Must maintain an active MO and/or KS license for registered nurses or be able to obtain bi-state licensure.

Equal Opportunity Employer

KCU is committed to promoting an equal employment opportunity workplace. Equal opportunity is and shall be provided for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information (GINA), physical or mental disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, ancestry, military and/or veteran status, and/or any other status protected by applicable Federal, state or local law.

Annual Security Report

KCU is committed to providing a safe campus for students, faculty, and staff. Our annual campus security report lists campus crimes and statistics for the campus and public areas around campus for the last three years, in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.

Thank you for your interest in a career at KCU!


To apply, visit https://kansascity.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jobs/job/Kansas-City-Campus/Nurse-PRN_R-0002068

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KCU offers a nationally recognized benefits package to help ensure the health and well-being of you and your family, along with the pride of making a difference in the communities we serve.

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Who is KCU?
Kansas City University (KCU), founded in 1916, is a fully accredited, private not-for-profit health sciences university with Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Biosciences and a developing College of Dental Medicine. The College of Osteopathic Medicine is the sixth largest medical school in the nation, the ninth most impactful medical school in primary care for the nation, the tenth most affordable of private medical colleges, and the leading producer of physicians for the State of Missouri. The College of Osteopathic Medicine has two sites strategically located on the University’s campuses in Kansas City and Joplin, Missouri, to address the growing needs of both urban and rural populations. The University offers multiple graduate degrees: a doctor of osteopathic medicine; a doctor of psychology in clinical psychology; a master of arts in bioethics; a master of science in the biomedical sciences; a master of business administration in partnership with Rockhurst University; a new master of public health in partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center; and plans to seat the first doctor of dental medicine students in 2023.



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