Careers | Nursing Opportunities
Learn More About Us:
Our locations include:
- Children’s Mercy Hospital, Hospital Hill, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Missouri
Our staff includes:
|
Job Title |
# of Staff |
|
Nurse Manager |
1 |
|
Assistant Nurse Manager |
1 |
|
Staff Nurse |
69 |
|
Intensivist |
7 |
|
Charge Nurse |
8 |
|
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (CPNP) |
1 |
|
Clinical Research Coordinator (RN) |
1 |
|
PICU Education Coordinator (RN) |
1 |
|
Resource Manager |
1 |
|
Unit Secretary |
12 |
Our nursing unit is supported by:
- Respiratory Therapy support on unit 24/7
- Pharmacy support on unit 24/7
- Social Work support 24/7
- Chaplain support 24/7
- Nutrition support
- A Child-Life Specialist assigned to our unit
Our average daily census is 17.89 patients with an average of 16.9% of these patients requiring 1:1 care. The average number of admissions is 3.9 patients per day. The average length of stay in the PICU is 5.20 days.
We assign 1 RN to care for 1-2 patients, depending on acuity.
Full-time employees on our unit work 3 12-hour shifts each week:
- 7:00 am-7:30 pm
- 7:00 pm-7:30 am
We also have part-time, PRN, and Weekend Option positions.
We have a Charge Nurse on each shift, who typically is not assigned a patient load. Our Charge Nurses are involved with managing day-to-day operations of our unit.
We generally have a “resource nurse” available on each shift to assist others with procedures, transports, admissions, etc. The Resource Nurse responds to Code Blue and Rapid Response Team calls throughout the hospital. The Resource Nurse does not usually take a patient assignment unless acuity is very high on the unit.
Orientees are assigned a preceptor throughout orientation. Orientation may last up to 4 months.
Biweekly meeting are held with the orientee, preceptor and nurse educator for an orientation status update.
Training provided during orientation includes:
- A variety of critical care classes, including a skills lab.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification
Staff Nurses receive ongoing training, to include:
- Education Fair
- Sedation Class or Update
- 8 Trauma hours
- Central Line Certification
- Decentralized Lab Certifications:
- Sure Step
- Labstick
- I-Stat
- Hemochron
- Quarterly unit updates
- Competency days twice/year
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)
Paid training is available to become a preceptor, improve leadership skills, obtain PALS certification, and more!
We hire Graduate Nurses. Graduate Nurses work with a preceptor for 4 months before working independently. Refer to Orientation and Ongoing Training Opportunities for details.
