Specialty Unit Staff RN - Hospital - Kaiser
Company: Kaiser
Location: Anaheim
Posted on: April 17, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Summary: As the leader of the health care team, provides
professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in
accordance with established standards of care, policies, and
procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical
Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization.
Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate
quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and
treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the
health care team with dignity and respect.Essential
Responsibilities: Essential Duties: The Registered Nurse
demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills,
competencies, and behaviors: Leadership: Upholds Kaiser Permanentes
Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and
applicable state, federal and local laws. Serves as a leader of the
health care team; delegates tasks appropriately, and demonstrates
appropriate accountability. Understands own and team members scope
of practice and escalates issues as appropriate. Demonstrates
professional, supportive behavior. Champions new ideas. Leads and
directs others through the change process. Utilizes communication
strategies including chain of command and issue escalation, which
result in intended outcomes. Participates in problem identification
and resolution. Mentors, orients, and coaches others in unit
specific operations and patient care activities. Shares
responsibility and authority with subordinates and holds him/her
accountable for performance. Demonstrates ability to problem solve
with other departments in order to assist member problem
resolution. Prioritizes, delegates, and supervises work assignments
appropriately to ensure completion of patient care activities.
Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and
standards of practice. Nursing Process: Develops and/or contributes
to the individualized plan of care that reflects assessment,
planning, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of that plan.
Ensures plan shows multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and
education. Ensures plan is reflective of admission or outpatient
database, on-going findings, age appropriate care, cultural
specific needs, and appropriate acuity. Ensures plan is discussed
with patient, family/significant others, and completed in a timely
manner. Monitors the patients progress based on the plan. Revises
plan on ongoing basis based on patient condition and evaluation of
progress. Ensures care meets standards of practice. Ensures
effective development and completion of discharge plan including
discharge barriers and patient/family education. Ensures that
patient clearly understands discharge instructions. In outpatient,
identify barriers and needs for patient/family education that will
facilitate the outpatient medical management plan. Ensures patient
safety related but not limited to, medications and procedures
utilizing the five rights; patient falls; decubitus prevention and
prevention of nosocomial infections. Ensures optimal pain control
and patient comfort; identifies and discusses patient anxieties,
fears or concerns regarding patient condition, treatment or
discharge. Ensures that patient understands medication purpose,
side effects, and administration instructions in the hospital as
well as at the time of discharge. Documentation: Charting is
accurate, legible, dated, and timed. Documentation reflects nursing
process and interventions and evaluations taken. Utilizes computer
systems effectively and efficiently for optimal patient care.
Clinical Outcomes: Discusses patient findings and progress toward
outcomes with physicians and other members of the health care team.
Demonstrates competencies during the probationary period and
ongoing completion by departmental competency validation. Make
comprehensive nursing decisions based on interpretation of data,
assessments, and evaluations of patient outcomes. Participates in
departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning,
measuring/monitoring, assessing, and improving. Workplace Safety:
Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices. Applies
standard precautions. Maintains a safe environment for self and
others. Patient Care Experience: Practices customer service
standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and
specified department. Promptly answers call lights, alarms, and
patient requests. Makes appropriate referrals and facilitates the
customers ability to utilize resources. Maintains and protects
patient confidentiality. Ensures clean, orderly, and functional
work environment. Treats all families of patients with courtesy,
respect, kindness and compassion. Provides an optimal patient care
experience by actively listening to the needs of patients and
family members and taking responsibility for meeting those
identified needs. Gives patients information in a way they can
understand and ensures comprehension. Provides a patient care
experience that exceeds members expectations. Team Commitment:
Viewed by others to be an effective team member who is flexible,
cooperative, and willing to assist others. Confronts difficult or
conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate
assistance. Takes accountability for own actions and accepts
constructive criticism. Acts as a resource, preceptor, and mentor
to new employees, registry, students, and other team members.
Attends all mandatory meetings, in-services and staff meetings as
required, actively participates in other departmental professional
development (Requirement may vary for per diem staff). Participates
with the assessment of current and future unit learning needs and
development of an annual education plan. Keeps self informed of
activities on the unit and makes recommendations for change.
Adheres to Attendance Program. Reports to assigned area promptly,
being present and available for report at beginning of assigned
shift. Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership
environment through unit based teams. Fiscal Responsibility:
Organizes work to minimize the use of overtime. Identifies and
assists in systems improvement that needs simplification or
correction. Utilizes payroll and non-payroll resources to their
maximum potential. Basic Qualifications: Experience 1-year recent
(within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in
Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or
equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months. Education
N/A License, Certification, Registration Registered Nurse License
(California) Advanced Cardiac Life Support Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements: N/A Preferred Qualifications: N/A
PrimaryLocation : California,Los Angeles,Los Angeles Medical Center
HoursPerWeek : 36 Shift : Night Workdays : Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu,
Fri, Sat WorkingHoursStart : 07:30 PM WorkingHoursEnd : 08:00 AM
Job Schedule : Full-time Job Type : Standard Employee Status :
Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation : B08-LAMC-NNU-SCal CNA
LAMC Job Level : Individual Contributor Job Category : Nursing
Licensed & Nurse Practitioners Department : Sunset Medical Center -
Nursing Administration - 0801 Travel : No Kaiser Permanente is an
equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive
workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy),
age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental
status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status,
genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of
diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.--s-p-m1--
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