Specialty Unit Staff RN - PICU/Downey

Health eCareers; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Registered Nurse to lead a healthcare team, providing professional nursing care. The role includes developing individualized care plans, ensuring patient safety, and demonstrating leadership and effective communication within the team.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates proficiency in nursing care and leadership.
• Participates in problem identification and resolution.
• Develops individualized care plans.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional nursing care according to established standards.
• Leads the health care team and delegates tasks appropriately.
• Ensures patient safety and comfort.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Customer Service

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:

The Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:

Leadership:

• Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable laws.


• Serves as a leader of the health care team; delegates tasks appropriately, and demonstrates 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 change processes.


• Utilizes effective communication strategies, including chain of command and issue escalation, to achieve desired 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 them accountable for performance.


• Demonstrates problem-solving abilities with other departments to resolve issues.


• Prioritizes, delegates, and supervises work to ensure patient care activities are completed.


• Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.

Nursing Process:

• Develops and contributes to individualized care plans reflecting assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.


• Ensures plans include multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and education.


• Ensures plans are based on admission or outpatient data, ongoing findings, age-appropriate care, cultural needs, and acuity.


• Discusses and completes plans with patients and families in a timely manner.


• Monitors patient progress and revises plans based on condition and evaluation.


• Ensures care meets standards of practice.


• Develops and completes discharge plans, addressing barriers and providing patient/family education. Ensures understanding of discharge instructions.


• Ensures patient safety related to medications and procedures, including the five rights, fall prevention, decubitus prevention, and infection control.


• Optimizes pain control and patient comfort; addresses patient anxieties, fears, and concerns.


• Ensures patient understanding of medication purposes, side effects, and administration instructions both in-hospital and at discharge.

Documentation:

• Charting is accurate, legible, dated, and timed.


• Documentation reflects nursing interventions and evaluations.


• Uses computer systems effectively for optimal patient care.

Clinical Outcomes:

• Discusses patient findings and progress with the healthcare team.


• Demonstrates competencies during probation and ongoing validation.


• Makes comprehensive nursing decisions based on data interpretation and patient outcomes.


• Participates in departmental performance improvement activities.

Workplace Safety:

• Adheres to workplace safety principles.


• Maintains a safe environment using standard precautions.

Patient Care Experience:

• Practices customer service standards.


• Responds promptly to call lights, alarms, and requests.


• Facilitates resource utilization and makes appropriate referrals.


• Maintains patient confidentiality.


• Ensures a clean, orderly work environment.


• Provides courteous, respectful, and compassionate care.


• Actively listens and meets patient and family needs.


• Communicates information clearly to patients and families.


• Strives to exceed patient expectations.

Team Commitment:

• Is recognized as an effective, cooperative team member.


• Constructively addresses conflicts and seeks help when needed.


• Accepts accountability and constructive criticism.


• Acts as a resource, preceptor, and mentor to team members and students.


• Attends mandatory meetings and actively participates in departmental activities.