Senior RN Lead Urgent Care (Evening Shift)

Kaiser Permanente; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente nurses in Georgia’s Duluth area provide comprehensive patient care under an integrated nursing model, centering patients and families in every interaction. The Staff RN III practices professional nursing per state law and organizational policies, collaborating with the Health Care Team to ensure high-quality, safe, and efficient care.

Responsibilities include applying the nursing process, documenting care, assisting with procedures, and leading emergency responses, while

Qualifications

• Minimum three (3) years of current RN clinical experience.
• Minimum two (2) years of clinical experience in area of specialty.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess patient health status, determine nursing diagnosis, establish nursing goals, and develop, implement, and evaluate the nursing plan of care.
• Completes POE and addresses care gaps during the patient encounter.
• Accurately documents patient data, actions, interventions, and response to treatment according to established policies and guidelines.
• Assists with procedures and monitors patients response during and after the procedure.
• Actively participates, as a member of the healthcare team, to engage patients, families, and caregivers in the coordination of patient care.
• Leads the nursing response to medical emergencies.
• Initiates and monitors IV therapy, administration of medications, and other nursing procedures as prescribed by the physician or associate practitioner, and documents accordingly.
• Assessing patient and family health education needs, provides health teaching and counseling, and evaluates effectiveness of the education process.
• Conducts outgoing telephone calls to patients requiring follow-up care and preventative outreach.
• Participates in quality improvement activities and/or initiatives.
• Leads departmental or regional performance improvement initiatives (access, quality, service, people).
• Autonomously perform procedures under provider supervision and evaluate patients response during and after the procedure.
• Serve as a preceptor, resource, and mentor for new members of the healthcare team and nursing students.
• Provide at least one (1) training in-service each year.
• Seeks and completes formal continuing education relevant to clinical discipline.
• Utilizes advanced skills to provide patient care, education, and consultation.
• Autonomously perform procedures under physician supervision, such as cardiac stress tests, RN sonography, conscious sedation, or chemotherapy infusions.

Skills

Nursing process

IV therapy

Documentation

Emergency response

Education

Associates degree in nursing

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Kaiser Permanente nurses in Georgia’s Duluth area provide comprehensive patient care under an integrated nursing model, centering patients and families in every interaction. The Staff RN III practices professional nursing per state law and organizational policies, collaborating with the Health Care Team to ensure high-quality, safe, and efficient care.

Responsibilities include applying the nursing process, documenting care, assisting with procedures, and leading emergency responses, while