Charge Nurse- Pediatric Mental/Behavioral Health, Night Shift
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KVC Health Systems
Olathe, KS, US
Summary
The Charge Nurse oversees patient care activities and directs nursing staff during the night shift to ensure high-quality care and safety. This role involves coordinating with interdisciplinary teams, leading crisis responses, and supporting staff through coaching and performance feedback.
Job Description
Charge Nurse (RN)
Children’s Mercy + Camber | Olathe, KS
Full Time, Night Shift
Lead with Purpose. Deliver Exceptional Care.
Are you a skilled and compassionate RN ready to step into a leadership role? Join our team and make a meaningful impact by guiding patient care, supporting nursing staff, and ensuring a safe, structured environment for children and adolescents receiving psychiatric care. This is an opportunity to combine clinical expertise with leadership in a mission-driven setting.
Position Summary
The Charge Nurse oversees and coordinates patient care activities during the assigned shift, providing direction to both licensed and non-licensed nursing personnel. This role plays a key part in staff development, performance evaluation, and maintaining a high standard of care. You will serve as the on-site leader in the absence of management, support crisis response efforts, and help ensure a safe, therapeutic environment for all patients.
What You’ll Do
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Lead, organize, and direct nursing staff to ensure appropriate staffing ratios and high-quality care
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Coordinate services with providers, patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams
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Act as the on-shift leader, maintaining accountability for program operations
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Monitor program safety and lead crisis response when needed
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Support staff through coaching, training, and performance feedback
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Maintain clear, timely, and confidential documentation and communication
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Provide direct patient care while modeling best practices
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Participate in staff meetings, committees, and ongoing program development
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Keep leadership informed of shift activities, concerns, and outcomes
What You Bring-
Education
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Associate degree in Nursing required; BSN preferred
Licensure/Certification
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Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Kansas
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ANCC Psychiatric Nursing Certification preferred
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Valid driver’s license and auto insurance required
Experience
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Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Registered Nurse
Preferred Experience
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Previous charge nurse or leadership experience; pediatric behavioral health experience
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Experience with electronic medication administration records (eMAR) and electronic health records (EHR)
Why Join Camber?
Camber Mental Health is proud to be recognized for the culture and experience we provide our employees:
#15 Best Led Companies in the U.S. — Glassdoor, 2025 with an Indeed Work Wellbeing Score of 83 — measuring happiness, purpose, satisfaction and stress as rated by our own employees.
🌟 Exceptional Benefits: Competitive pay with strong shift differentials. Great health benefits- including medical, vision and free dental insurance for employees. 403b with company match, tuition reimbursement up to $21,000, and free Employee Assistance Program for therapeutic, legal and financial services, plus personalized work-life resources.
🌟 A Supportive Work Culture: We believe in work-life balance, providing access to talent development programs, professional growth, wellness benefits, and a collaborative, supportive team environment. Along with opportunities to grow your clinical skills in a residential behavioral health setting.
Commitment to safety & wellbeing: Camber Mental Health hospitals have officially achieved the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Building Institute—making them the only clinical mental health spaces in the country to earn this certification
🌟 Make an Impact: Mission-driven work that directly impacts patient wellbeing in a supportive, collaborative clinical environment. You’ll be joining a team that is changing lives and helping children and families.
About Camber: Camber Mental Health is a subsidiary of KVC Health Systems. Children’s Mercy and Camber Mental Health have partnered and opened this state of the art 72-bed mental health inpatient hospital located in Olathe, Kansas- expanding inpatient pediatric mental health treatment capacity and access in the greater Kansas City area and across the region.
This hospital serves as an inpatient mental health healing campus. Our team provides compassionate treatment for children and teens who are struggling with their mental health. We work to meet the unique needs of each child to help them achieve mental wellness so they can live happier lives full of hope.
Join our team and help positively transform the lives of children and families through compassionate trauma-focused behavioral healthcare services.
At KVC Health Systems, our 2,800 caring team members work every day to strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help both children and adults achieve mental wellness. We all need connection! And at KVC, our employees are our greatest asset and strength, helping the people we serve experience the power of connection to themselves, their family and friends, and to professionals who can help them thrive.
We're working toward a bold vision: a world in which every person is SAFE and CONNECTED to a strong family and a healthy community. No more child abuse and neglect. No more untreated mental illness or addiction. Parents no longer pass down the cycles of violence, substance use or trauma that they experienced as children. Instead, families have the skills and supportive connections they need to thrive. Every individual has unlimited possibilities and can reach their full potential. This is why the KVC team comes to work every day, providing family strengthening services, mental and behavioral healthcare, foster care, adoption and inpatient children’s mental health treatment. People are facing serious challenges, and community needs are greater than ever. Will you join us?
Since 1970, KVC has grown from a single home for at-risk children to a national organization serving over 80,000 children and families each year in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Kentucky and West Virginia. KVC also provides training and consultation around the world. We're a family of private, nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations committed to enriching and enhancing the lives of children and families. Learn more at www.kvc.org.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Olathe, KS
At KVC Health Systems, our 2,800 caring team members work every day to strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help both children and adults achieve mental wellness. We all need connection! And at KVC, our employees are our greatest asset and strength, helping the people we serve experience the power of connection to themselves, their family and friends, and to professionals who can help them thrive.
We're working toward a bold vision: a world in which every person is SAFE and CONNECTED to a strong family and a healthy community. No more child abuse and neglect. No more untreated mental illness or addiction. Parents no longer pass down the cycles of violence, substance use or trauma that they experienced as children. Instead, families have the skills and supportive connections they need to thrive. Every individual has unlimited possibilities and can reach their full potential. This is why the KVC team comes to work every day, providing family strengthening services, mental and behavioral healthcare, foster care, adoption and inpatient children’s mental health treatment. People are facing serious challenges, and community needs are greater than ever. Will you join us?
Since 1970, KVC has grown from a single home for at-risk children to a national organization serving over 80,000 children and families each year in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Kentucky and West Virginia. KVC also provides training and consultation around the world. We're a family of private, nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations committed to enriching and enhancing the lives of children and families. Learn more at www.kvc.org.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Olathe, KS
