ICU Staff Nurse - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; PICU - Varied Shift

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Do you envision finding a meaningful role with an inclusive and compassionate team? At Children’s Mercy, we believe in making a difference in the lives of all children and shining a light of hope to the patients and families we serve. Our employees make the difference, which is why we have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top pediatric hospital, for eleven consecutive years.

Children’s Mercy is in the heart of Kansas City – a metro abounding in cultural experiences, vibrant communities and thriving businesses. This is where our patients and families live, work and play. This is a community that has embraced our hospital and we strive to say thanks by giving back. As a leader in children’s health, we engage in meaningful programs and partnerships throughout the region so that we can improve the lives of children beyond the walls of our hospital.

"Our nurses’ sincere and tactful approach to patient-centered care, particularly in high‑acuity situations, serves as a beacon of hope for patients and their families. By leading bedside practice with adaptability, diligence and compassion, nurses at Children’s Mercy are the powerhouses that potentiate positive clinical change and outcomes in our pediatric population."

—
Esteban Marquez, BSN, RN, CCRN, Core Charge Nurse

Our mission in the ICU is to provide healing, comfort and support to our patients and their families in times of critical need. This support is provided through two specialized ICUs: our 43 bed Pediatric ICU (PICU) and 24 bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). Our nursing staff can cross‑train for both units.

Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurses provide advanced illness management and health promotion for patients who require critical care. Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurses utilize the nursing process and knowledge of scientific principles to provide safe, high quality, comprehensive, family‑centered and age appropriate nursing care for patients requiring critical care management. Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurses continuously monitor the critically patient and react to changes in clinical status.

Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurses provide patient and family education, advocate for the complex needs of the critically ill child and coordinate patient care with the multidisciplinary team as necessary.

Clinical Services

• 24-hour care provided by in-house board‑certified pediatric critical care medicine specialists

• Advanced monitoring and life support technologies including:

  • High frequency oscillation ventilation (HFOV)/All modes of ventilator assistance
  • Invasive intravascular/intracardiac techniques
  • Intracranial pressure monitoring
  • Bedside dialysis/renal replacement therapy
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

• In‑house consultation for 30 medical and eight surgical pediatric subspecialties

• Clinical research in a variety of areas related to pediatric critical care

• 24-hour ground and air emergency pediatric critical care transport:

  • Consultations to initiate patient stabilization and arrange patient transfer are provided by critical care specialists

• Ronald McDonald House and Ronald McDonald Family Room accommodations for patient families

• Acute single and multiple organ system failure
• Assisted ventilation of acute and chronic respiratory failure
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Brain injury
• Chronic organ failure
• Congenital heart disease
• Diabetic keto acidosis
• Encephalitis
• Increased intracranial pressure
• Inhalation injury

• Meningitis
• Metabolic derangements
• Poisoning
• Post‑operative recovery
• Pre‑operative stabilization
• Septic shock
• Solid organ transplantation
• Status asthmatic us
• Status epilepticus
• Traumatic injuries

At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Additionally, it’s important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well…