Unit Coordinator - Cancer Center

The University of Kansas Health System • Overland Park, KS

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About The Position

The Unit Coordinator provides charge nurse responsibilities, including making assignments, managing patient throughput, staffing to matrix, and responding to patient and staff needs. The role also manages a patient care assignment as indicated by patient care needs.

The Unit Coordinator assists with staff hiring, education, and performance evaluation, and works with the Nurse Manager and Human Resources on performance-management counseling and discipline. The role instructs staff and monitors ongoing compliance with standards, serves as a role model and mentor for excellence in clinical practice and patient and employee satisfaction, and takes personal responsibility for productivity targets and budget compliance. The position has primary involvement and responsibility for unit performance-improvement activities and outcomes.

The employee must be able to perform the professional, clinical, and/or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department. Duties may vary by unit or department, and other duties may be assigned as required.

Requirements

• High school graduation.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing. In Southwest KC Market locations, nurses hired after November 1, 2025, must have a BSN upon hire. ADN-prepared nurses hired before November 1, 2025, must enroll in a BSN program within 6 months of hire and complete the degree by their third anniversary of hire.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Registered Nurse license, single-state or compact, from a State Board of Nursing.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Nursing.
• Two or more years of clinical experience.
• Professional Nursing Certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide charge nurse responsibilities, including making assignments, managing throughput, staffing to matrix, and responding to patient and staff needs.
• Manage a patient care assignment based on patient care needs.
• Assist with hiring, education, and performance evaluation of staff.
• Work with the Nurse Manager and Human Resources on performance-management counseling and staff discipline.
• Instruct staff and ensure compliance with standards through ongoing monitoring and performance management.
• Serve as a role model and mentor for excellence in clinical practice and patient and employee satisfaction.
• Take personal responsibility for achieving productivity targets and budget compliance.
• Have primary involvement and responsibility for unit performance-improvement activities and outcomes.
• Perform the professional, clinical, and/or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager