RN: Clinic Nurse Children's Specialty Center - Full time - 32 hours per week

MU Health Care Leadership Opportunity

Shift: Full time 32 hours per week between Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with no holidays and no weekends.

Work Arrangement: On-Site Department: Children's Specialty Center Cardiology

Facility: Physicians Medical Building 1020 Hitt Street Columbia, MO 65212 Compensation: Base Pay Range: $29.77 - $43.93 per hour, based on experience

About The Job: MU Health Care is looking for a passionate, forward-thinking leader who thrives on empowering teams and driving excellence in patient care. You are confident, decisive, and skilled at inspiring others to reach their highest potential. You bring a strategic mindset paired with hands-on clinical expertise, ensuring quality and innovation go hand in hand. You excel at collaboration, communication, and problem-solving, turning challenges into opportunities for growth and improvement. If you're ready to lead with purpose and make a lasting impact on both staff and patients, this is the role for you.

About Mu Health Care: MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes' Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that's largely a result of the incredible culture and team we've built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system the only in mid-Missouri is home to seven hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Employee Benefits: Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one. Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays. Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years. Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%). Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more. See a comprehensive list of benefits here.

Detailed Job Description: Assists the manager with interviewing and recommending the hiring of qualified candidates, and ensures the comprehensive orientation of new clinical staff. Evaluates and documents staff competency regularly through direct observation, peer review, standardized orientation, and staff input, and provides coaching as directed by the manager. Performs annual performance reviews on all clinical staff that are informative and set clear expectations regarding care delivery for the next evaluation period.

Schedules, assigns, supervises, guides, and instructs staff in providing high-quality clinical services, including documentation and participation in patient case conferences, based on educational preparation and clinical competence. Plans, assigns, and reviews the work of staff by demonstrating appropriate procedures and methods, monitoring work in progress, and ensuring expected standards are met. Provides patient care as required using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care, and offers direct clinical support to the clinic as needed.

Conducts and manages the fiscal operations of the unit, including accounting, budget planning, expenditure authorization, and reconciliation of financial accounts, while ensuring equipment is maintained and adequate supply levels are sustained. Reviews and analyzes financial activities and data to support budget planning, resource allocation, and cash management strategies. Plans, develops, facilitates, and evaluates the implementation of interdisciplinary patient care, collaborating with various clinical disciplines to improve outcomes. Develops procedures for the compilation of medical information and prepares analytical reports to inform improvements in patient care.

Leads quality and performance improvement initiatives, ensures regulatory preparedness, and maintains adherence to standards and compliance requirements. Collaborates with the operational team to enhance patient satisfaction and support continuous quality improvement through effective change management in clinical processes and technologies. Works collaboratively with the unit Medical Director and manager to align nursing operations with clinic goals and standards of care.

Responsible for clinical practice oversight within the assigned clinic, ensuring consistency with evidence-based practices and organizational policies. Develops, coordinates, and maintains daily staffing schedules to ensure the appropriate level of unit coverage and continuity of care. Monitors time and attendance in alignment with MU Health Care policies and practices, ensuring accuracy of records and timely submittal/approval for payroll purposes. May complete unit/department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days. One (1) year of nursing experience.

Preferred Qualifications: Supervisory experience. Clinic setting experience. Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs. This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.