Part Time Registered Nurse Score 1 for Health

Part Time Registered Nurse Score 1 for Health

R-0002438
Kansas City Campus

Job Type:
Staff

Job Description:

The Score 1 for Health program of Kansas City University (KCU) is seeking applicants for a Part-Time Registered Nurse at our Kansas City campus. Score 1 is a flagship program operating for over 30 years to bring health screenings to elementary children in schools located in the Greater Kansas City and Joplin area, where KCU's campuses are located. Under direct supervision of the Director of Score 1, this position administers, evaluates and interprets screening services. Additional responsibilities include coordination of clinical resources for screening volunteers and implementation of program operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs a variety of health screenings on primarily, but not limited to, a pediatric population
  
• Utilization of nursing techniques and knowledge of nursing process to accurately evaluate results and provide child and parent education and improve health care access by assisting families in connecting to appropriate primary care clinics
  
• Executes health screenings at assigned schools by ensuring that all health professional students and volunteers are in assigned stations and are oriented to duties, facilitating logistics and supervising the day's health screenings
  
• Maintains a positive rapport with elementary school administrators and staff as well as all KCU and allied health school faculty and students
  

​Supportive Functions:

• Serves as a clinical resource for medical and health professional students at screening sites
  
• Simplifies medical terminology and makes corrections/clarifications to student charts
  
• Reviews letters to parents/children outlining screening results to ensure accuracy
  
• Contributes to the team effort by performing other duties as needed or assigned
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or greater from a nursing program in an accredited college or university, or RN completion with bachelors in related field
  
• Minimum of one year pediatric and/or community health clinical experience
  
• Knowledge of pediatric health assessment, health promotion, guidance and primary care and age-appropriate skills.
  
• Advanced skills in communication, customer relations, organization decision-making, problem solving, flexibility, confidentiality and discretion
  
• Licensed by the Missouri and Kansas State Boards of Nursing for registered nurses
  

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.

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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/Part-Time-Registered-Nurse-Score-1-for-Health_R-0002438-1

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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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