Specialty Unit Chg RN - Hospital - Transitional Care Unit - DOU - Zion

Kaiser Permanente; San Diego (CA); Presencial; USD 94.000 - 121.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kaiser Permanente in San Diego seeks a Lead Nurse to coordinate departmental operations, support staff, and ensure high-quality, patient-centered care in a safe environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, staffing decisions, and collaboration with physicians and teams to improve outcomes and adhere to standards of practice.

Formación

• RN license in California is required.
• BLS and ACLS certification holders preferred.
• Experience in critical care or related units is expected.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and coordinate department operations to ensure quality patient care.
• Assign duties, schedule staff, and mentor nurses and aides.
• Ensure compliance with policies, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in patient flow, admissions, discharges, and interdisciplinary communications.
• Support documentation accuracy and clinical outcomes improvement.

Conocimientos

Nursing leadership

Staff coordination

Quality patient care

Interprofessional collaboration

Educación

Registered Nurse License (California)

Basic Life Support

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Descripción del empleo

Job Summary

Functions as a Lead of the healthcare team, coordinates departmental operations that ensure quality patient care in a safe, healing environment that is patient and family centered. Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice. Has appropriate clinical skills to be an expert resource. Is available and supportive to employees and understands priorities/needs of the department. Is a staff role model for professional nursing practice. May recommend to management in efficient resource allocation by assuring appropriate patient assignments, staffing, and scheduling. Demonstrates performance consistent with the strategic plan of the organization and the KP nursing mission and values.

Leadership

• Directs reviews, assigns and organizes the work of at least three (3) or more employees, of which at least one (1) must be another Registered Nurse.
• Applies the KP Nursing mission, vision, values and behaviors in daily practice. Understands needs and sets priorities for the department.
• Provides professional leadership and direction of department personnel in order to maintain efficient delivery of effective patient care.
• Coordinates departmental operations and delegates tasks appropriately. Is an excellent staff role model for professional nursing practice (e.g. RN/MD Collaborating for Outcomes, Just Culture, Quality, Service, Safety). Supports and enhances the leadership skills of the staff RNs, LVNs and UAs/CNAs (and other ancillary staff as appropriate).
• Upholds compliance with Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, applicable state and federal laws and regulations, and accreditation and licensure requirements.
• Upholds the standards of the California Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association ANA Standards of Nursing Practice, and ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.
• Champions new ideas; Actively collaborates with others through the change process.
• Acts as a resource, preceptor and mentor to new employees, registry, students, and other team members in department specific operations and patient care activities.
• Collaborates with or refers to manager/clinical nurse specialist/educator any outstanding issues or concerns on the unit. Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve problems in collaboration with work team and with other departments.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.
• Participates in activities related to patient flow, including admission and discharge processes. Facilitates inter-professional/interdisciplinary communication and collaboration.

Nursing Process

• Serves as a resource for clinical concerns, scope of practice and applicable state and federal regulations as well as operational concerns of providers and staff. Possesses experience and skills to be a resource for providers, RNs, LVNs, USs/CNAs, (and other ancillary staff as appropriate).
• Demonstrates flexibility in work schedule to meet the department demands of the day; facilitates and relieves staff breaks.
• Actively involved in assigning, orienting, and precepting and coaching staff as needed.

Documentation

• Conducts audits and ensures that documentation reflects thorough assessments, incorporates physical and psychosocial findings, diagnostic tests, learning needs, barriers, multidisciplinary education plans and age appropriate care.

Clinical Outcomes

• Participates/leads various aspects of department operations, staff competencies, department committees, Unit Based Teams (UBTs), new projects, quality efforts, and educational programs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of patients specific conditions commonly seen in the department and care required. Interfaces with leadership, peers, physicians, other healthcare providers, and support staff regarding performance, as necessary.
• Actively participates, champions and motivates other staff in quality improvement in patient care, workflow, and improvement in clinical initiatives and working conditions of the department. Provides input on employees performance evaluations through daily observation and monitoring of performance.

Workplace Safety

• Adjusts staffing needs of the department to assure quality patient care, patient and staff safety, efficiency, productivity and working conditions of provider and staff. Actively models Labor-Management Partnership (LMP) Workplace Safety principles and practices.

Patient Care Experience/Customer Service

• Acts as a role model for staff regarding providing a patient care experience that exceeds members expectations.
• Ensures timely and appropriate management of patients.
• Coordinates smooth transition for patients across the care continuum. Participates in daily leadership rounds, documents rounding activities on unit rounding logs (as appropriate). Assures hourly rounds are conducted by staff. Where appropriate, assures hourly rounds are documented according to unit/facility policy or guidelines.

Team Commitment

• Ensures support of the collaborative LMP environment through unit based teams (UBTs). Identifies and supports staff professional/clinical development needs (i.e. certification, presentations, reward/recognition).
• Motivates staff to attain their fullest potential in improving performance, attendance, access, service and quality outcomes. Lead/facilitate daily/shift multidisciplinary huddles. Assures huddle messages are consistently communicated. Confronts difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.

Fiscal Responsibility

• Participates in resource allocation (assignments, scheduling, staffing, equipment/supplies management). Collaborates and assists with leadership, physicians, and peers in staffing, workflow and throughput to promote quality patient care, patient and staff safety, efficiency, productivity and working conditions of providers and staff.

Professional Development

• Attends Charge Nurse Educational programs. Takes responsibility for professional growth and development.

Basic Qualifications

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in a Critical Care, DOU or SDU setting, or successful completion of a KP Critical Care, DOU or SDU course (as unit appropriate) or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.

Education / Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse License (California)
• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Additional Requirements

• Basic Arrhythmia course required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Every other weekend
• If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm.

Job Duties

• Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.
• Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.
• Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.

Primary Location

California, San Diego, Zion Medical Center

Scheduled Weekly Hours

36

Shift

Night

Workdays

Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

Working Hours Start

07:00 PM

Working Hours End

07:30 AM

Job Schedule

Full-time

Job Type

Standard

Worker Location

Onsite

Employee Status

Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation

B13|AFSCME|UNAC

Job Level

Individual Contributor

Department

ZION MEDICAL CENTER - Transitional Care Unit - 0801

Pay Range

$68.11 - $88.16 / hour

Travel

No

Work Setting

Onsite

Location Policy

Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.