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Behavioral Health APRN101 Truman Medical CenterJob LocationUH Behavioral HealthKansas City, MissouriIf you want to work where the action is, University Health (UH) is the place for you. Known as "Kansas City's Essential Hospital," 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, 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. UH is comprised of three campuses:
UH Truman Medical Center is located in the Health Sciences District of 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. University Health 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 1 and 2 buildings. UH 1 is UH's beautiful specialty outpatient clinics and day-surgery center and UH 2 is the location for all of our primary care and women's care clinics.
UH Lakewood Medical Center 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. 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.
UH Behavioral Health is the KC metro area's largest, most comprehensive provider of mental health services. The Crossroads 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.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Master of Science in Nursing from an Accredited School of Nursing
- Maintain current licensed as a registered professional nurse in Missouri
- Graduation and certification for Nurse Practitioner program; must maintain active certification
- Certification in specialty as approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing for Advanced Practice may be required.
- Holds current Collaborative Practice Arrangement with the organization as a provider
- Current BCLS verification
- Demonstrates clinical expertise in area of specialty practice
- Demonstrates leadership ability
- 3-5 years clinical experience
- Requires good people skills, ability to work with culturally varied patient and staff population
- Apply TMC mission and vision in the performance of his/her work.
- Maintain 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.
- Ability to relate to very difficult patients who may at times be hostile, psychotic or intoxicated.
Truman Medical Centers is committed to being a leader in providing culturally inclusive health care services for patients in ways that are effective, fair, respectful, and culturally competent and in providing a culturally inclusive workplace for employees. We value and celebrate our differences, which include, but are not limited to, race, ethnicity, language, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, literacy, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, mobility, abilities, and belief systems.