Unit Coordinator - Burn Unit - Night Shift

kansashealthsystem; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Kansas Health System is seeking an experienced Unit Coordinator for the Burn Unit (Night Shift) to provide clinical leadership and ensure efficient patient throughput. This role supports hiring, education, and performance evaluation while partnering with the Nurse Manager to drive patient and staff satisfaction.

The position requires BSN (with transition plans for ADN nurses) and BLS, with advanced nursing leadership experience preferred. Located in the Southwest KC market area.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate
• Bachelor Degree in Nursing
• BSN degree required for hires after Nov 1, 2025; ADN hires must enroll within 6 months and complete BSN within 3 years

Responsibilities

• Provides charge nurse responsibilities, including assignments and throughput management.
• Manages a patient care assignment based on patient needs.
• Assists with hiring, education and performance evaluation of staff.
• Collaborates with Nurse Manager and HR on performance management and discipline.
• Mentors staff and ensures compliance with standards and ongoing monitoring.
• Works to achieve productivity targets and budget compliance.
• Leads unit performance improvement activities and outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Clinical nursing skills

Education & coaching

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Master Degree in Nursing

Job description

Position Title

Unit Coordinator - Burn Unit - Night ShiftNights - Full TimeBell Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest:

Provides charge nurse responsibilities, including assignments, management of throughput, staffing to matrix, and responding to patient and staff needs. Manages a patient care assignment as indicated by patient care needs. Assists with hiring, education and performance evaluation of the staff. Works with the Nurse Manager and Human Resources in performance management counseling and discipline of staff. Instructs staff and ensures compliance with standards through daily on-going monitoring and performance management. Serves as a role model and mentor for excellence in clinical practice and patient and employee satisfaction. Takes personal responsibility for achieving productivity targets and budget compliance. Has primary involvement and responsibility for unit performance improvement activities and outcomes.

Inpatient Burn Unit

These nurses work with an experienced multi-disciplinary team, using the latest diagnostic and therapeutic techniques to help patients heal from burns, complex skin disorders, slow-to-heal wounds and reconstructive surgeries. Our Burnett Burn Center is an adult and pediatric verified burn center that provides acute and intensive inpatient care to those who need specialized treatment and rehab interventions.. The center features two hydrotherapy bays, an operating room suite, a nutrition center and a physical therapy gym. We also closely collaborate with the outpatient burn and wound care clinic to provide ongoing specialized wound care in the outpatient setting which may include hyperbaric oxygen therapy to enhance healing.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Provides charge nurse responsibilities, including assignments, management of throughput, staffing to matrix, and responding to patient and staff needs.
• Manages a patient care assignment as indicated by patient care needs.
• Assists with hiring, education and performance evaluation of the staff.
• Works with the Nurse Manager and Human Resources in performance management counseling and discipline of staff.
• Instructs staff and ensures compliance with standards through daily on-going monitoring and performance management.
• Serves as a role model and mentor for excellence in clinical practice and patient and employee satisfaction.
• Takes personal responsibility for achieving productivity targets and budget compliance.
• Has primary involvement and responsibility for unit performance improvement activities and outcomes.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• Bachelor Degree Nursing
• Southwest KC Market Locations: Nurses hired after November 1, 2025, BSN degree is required upon hire. For ADN prepared nurses hired before November 1, 2025, must be enrolled in a BSN degree program within 6 months of hire date, must complete BSN degree by the third anniversary of hire date.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Master Degree Nursing
• 2 or more years of clinical experience

Required Licensure and Certification

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse in State of Kansas or State of MissouriAs a condition of your employment and continued employment with the health system, you are required to secure a Nurse Compact License (NCL) within 60 days of your date of hire. This will enable you to perform your job duties not only in Kansas, but other compact states. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in securing this license, and must provide your manager with evidence of this license before the sixty-day period expires. If you fail to secure the NCL as required, you are required to immediate removed from the work schedule and placed on an unpaid administrative leave, until we can understand the reasons for your non-compliance. Further failure to comply with the licensing requirement will result in your end of employment with the health system.

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• Professional Nursing Certification

Time Type:

Full time

Job Requisition ID:

R-22686

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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