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New Graduate Nurse - Olathe Campus

The University of Kansas Health System·Olathe, Kansas

Full Time·On Site·0-2 yrs·Posted 21 days ago
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About the role

Coordinate interdisciplinary patient care by providing safe, holistic, and therapeutic nursing interventions. Responsibilities include performing comprehensive assessments, implementing care plans, and ensuring patient safety across various hospital units.

Position Title

New Graduate Nurse - Olathe Campus

Varies

Olathe Hospital

Position Summary: / Career interest:

  • ***please read - Application process for new graduate nurses**
  • This posting is for ADN & BSN nursing graduates interested in our graduate nurse residency program.

This posting includes the following departments where we currently have openings

Med Surg Cardiac Telemetry Acute Telemetry/Renal Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Ortho/Spine Resource Pool (Float Pool) Emergency Care Center (ECC)

The Registered Nurse (RN) Entry utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care.

He/she provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way.

He/she integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families through the continuum of care.

The RN collaborates with others to integrate assessment and input of the patient, family and the interdisciplinary team.

He/she ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.

Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor.

Demonstrates leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving.

The RN integrates and communicates knowledge and sensitivity to patient's psychosocial, spiritual, cultural and age specific needs.

He/she practices within the boundaries of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, specialty standards and organizational/departmental policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • and Essential Job Functions
  • Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks and other established policies and practices.
  • Answers patient/significant others phone calls, evaluate patient's needs, and triage patient care.
  • Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
  • Consistently meets work schedule.
  • Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs.
  • Coordinates health care services with hospital, vendors, physician's offices and other institutions.
  • Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member. Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
  • Demonstrates critical thinking utilizing all aspects of the nursing process.
  • Develops, implements and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient's condition and adapts plan as needed.
  • Identifies area for professional growth.
  • Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
  • Maintains a safe environment for patients.
  • Performs nursing assessments and triage of patient care needs for new and ongoing patients.
  • Provides direct nursing care for specified patients, including appropriate supportive care and administration of chemotherapy, blood components, fluid and electrolyte replacements, and other oncology treatments as prescribed.
  • Provides patient/family education using resources available.
  • Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area:
  • Unit specific certifications
  • Consultation with experts
  • In-services/rounds
  • Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team
  • Utilizes technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies and policies/procedures.
  • 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
  • Associate Degree Nursing
  • Less than 6 Months of RN Experience
  • Required Licensure and Certification
  • Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing (Kansas) or compact license
  • CPR/ AED/ BLS - Other BLS within 14 days
  • Some units will require additional unit-specific affirmations/certifications/work experience

Time type: Full time

Job requisition id

R-35465

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 [https://jobs.kansashealthsystem.com/diversity-equality-and-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 asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu [asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu].

Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf [https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/38901/cms/health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf] and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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Requirements

Requires an Associate Degree in Nursing and a valid Registered Nurse license in Kansas or a compact license. Candidates must have less than 6 months of RN experience and hold BLS/CPR/AED certification.

  • high school
  • associate degree
  • Care Planning
  • Patient Assessment
  • Patient Education
  • Critical Thinking
  • Triage
  • Clinical Competency
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Nursing Process
  • Therapeutic Communication
  • Medication Safety

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
0-2 yrs
Location
Olathe, Kansas
Posted
Jul 7, 2026
Application
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Hiring organization

The University of Kansas Health System

The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City is a world-class academic medical center and destination for complex care and diagnosis. We offer more options for patients with serious conditions because of our expertise and leadership in medical research and education....

IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size10,001+ employees
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Kansas nursing openings commonly favor candidates with prior bedside experience and current licensure, especially in settings that need nurses who can step in with limited onboarding. This role is competitive because it asks for an ADN with BSN completion within five years, one year of RN experience, a multi-state RN license, and BLS and ACLS certifications. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform against the original posting, then confirm your license status and certification dates before applying to save research time.

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