Senior Charge Nurse - Labor & Delivery

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii seeks a registered nurse to provide comprehensive nursing care to patients and families, while directing licensed practical nurses and nursing assistive personnel. You will delegate tasks, ensure adherence to regulations, and maintain high standards of care on the unit.

The role requires 19 months of nursing experience, Hawaii RN licensure, and CPR/BLS/ACLS/NRP certifications. Experience with electronic medical records and a commitment to ongoing professional

Qualifications

• Nineteen (19) months nursing experience.
• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii).
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program from American Academy of Pediatrics
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support from American Heart Association
• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established time frame.
• Complete the Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certificate within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Performs charge duties.
• Identifies patient care problems and ensures follow-up.
• Sets priorities for patient and unit/clinic needs.
• Coordinates departmental activities and staff to ensure optimum patient care and resource utilization.
• Makes/documents assignments taking into account patient needs and staff competencies.
• Monitors daily staffing and adjusts according to census, acuity, and unit/clinic needs.
• Provides clear, consistent direction for staff.
• Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate.
• Utilizes nursing process to deliver care.
• Performs any nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill and maintains organizational, departmental, and job-specific competencies in accordance with their departmental scope of service, discipline, specific scopes of practice and defined job descriptions.
• Administers medications.
• Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care.
• Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate.
• Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel.
• Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver.
• Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor.
• Incorporates the KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice.
• Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned.
• May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit.

Skills

Nursing supervision

Medication administration

Staff training

Clinical judgment

Education

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing

Tools

Electronic medical records

Job description

Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii seeks a registered nurse to provide comprehensive nursing care to patients and families, while directing licensed practical nurses and nursing assistive personnel. You will delegate tasks, ensure adherence to regulations, and maintain high standards of care on the unit.

The role requires 19 months of nursing experience, Hawaii RN licensure, and CPR/BLS/ACLS/NRP certifications. Experience with electronic medical records and a commitment to ongoing professional