Lead Specialty Unit Nurse - Patient Care Excellence

NALHE; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Downey, CA is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to lead the health care team and provide professional nursing care using the nursing process. The role emphasizes adherence to established standards of care, policies, and procedures while delivering compassionate, high‑quality patient care.

You will collaborate with physicians and other team members, mentor staff, ensure patient safety, accurate documentation, and continuous quality improvement in alignment with the

Qualifications

• Develops and implements 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.
• Monitors the patient's 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 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.

Responsibilities

• The Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:
• Upholds Kaiser Permanente's 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.

Job description

Kaiser Permanente in Downey, CA is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to lead the health care team and provide professional nursing care using the nursing process. The role emphasizes adherence to established standards of care, policies, and procedures while delivering compassionate, high‑quality patient care.

You will collaborate with physicians and other team members, mentor staff, ensure patient safety, accurate documentation, and continuous quality improvement in alignment with the