Company Profile
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Company Overview
Children’s Mercy Kansas City is an independent, 354-bed pediatric health system, serving half a million patients each year from across the country. Children’s Mercy has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” and received Magnet® recognition three times for excellence in nursing services. In affiliation with the University of Missouri-Kansas City, our faculty of nearly 600 pediatric subspecialists and researchers is actively involved in clinical care, pediatric research and educating the next generation of pediatric subspecialists. And, our leadership in pediatric genomic medicine and clinical pharmacology is driving research and innovation in heart care, neonatology, hematology/oncology and other subspecialties to transform outcomes for children here and around the world.
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Company History
Children's Mercy begins with two compassionate sisters
The founding of Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics is traced to 1897 and two sisters, Dr. Alice Berry Graham, a dentist, and Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson, a physician.
As the story goes, a saloonkeeper in the Kansas City Stockyards had heard of the sisters' reputation for helping poor, sick children and he told Dr. Graham of a woman he had seen in the streets trying to give away her crippled 5-year-old daughter.
Drs. Graham and Richardson found the girl abandoned, undernourished and poorly clothed. They arranged a bed for her at a small hospital on 15th and Cleveland in downtown Kansas City on June 24, 1897. The doctors established the Free Bed Fund Association and through painstaking care, they restored life to the orphaned child's crippled legs. With surgery and therapy, she walked again.
Their act of compassion and medical expertise was the beginning of what has become one of the leading children's hospitals in the world: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.
Today, Children's Mercy includes two hospitals: a state-of-the-art hospital located at 2401 Gillham Rd. in Kansas City, Mo. The hospital is licensed for 301 beds, and 14 shorty-stay beds. Children's Mercy South, a 53-bed hospital in suburban Overland Park, Kan. In addition, there are bustling outpatient clinics and urgent care centers throughout the metropolitan areas and many other communities in Missouri and Kansas.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
The Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics meets the unique needs of young people as they transition from children to adults.
Adolescent Medicine Staff
Our team of experts includes physicians who are board certified in pediatrics and gynecological surgery. Patients and families are also supported by nurse practitioners as well as social workers who can help with case management, crisis intervention, and access to community resources.
Program Highlights
Patients are treated comprehensively for a wide range of physical and emotional issues unique to adolescents as they approach adulthood.
Our team of experts includes physicians who are board certified in pediatrics and gynecological surgery.
Treatment options also include preventive services to help address high-risk behaviors.
Benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Discounts
Free Parking
Credit Union
Professional Liability Insurance (for activities related to CMHC employment duties)
Professional Association Dues (subject to Hospital budget)
Professional and Educational Subscriptions (subject to Hospital budget)
Medical Licensure (subject to Hospital budget)
Business related trip expenses (subject to Hospital budget)
Social Security
Savings Bonds