Staff Nurse

Kaiser Permanente; Hawaii; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Maui Health is seeking a registered nurse to provide comprehensive nursing care to patients and families in a dynamic clinical setting. The role includes directing licensed practical nurses and assistive personnel, delegating tasks, and upholding regulatory guidelines and organizational policies.

The nurse will serve as a resource and preceptor, taking charge duties as assigned and aligning practice with Maui Health Vision and Values.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Basic Life Support or CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers.
• Registered Nurse license (Hawaii) required at hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care and delegate nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provide direction to the LPN as appropriate.
• Utilize nursing process to deliver care.
• Perform tasks requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills.
• Administer medications.
• Teach LPNs and nursing assistive personnel tasks of nursing care.
• Verify staff competency for nursing tasks as appropriate.
• Be responsible for quality of nursing care provided when tasks are delegated.

Skills

Adaptability

Change management

Decision making

Detail oriented

Customer service

Interpersonal relations

Oral communication

Prioritization

Problem solving

Quality management

Results orientation

System thinking

Teamwork

Time management

Written communication

Education

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing

Tools

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Job description

Job Summary

Provides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.

Essential Responsibilities

• 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 task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills.
• 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.
• Takes charge duties as assigned.
• Incorporates the Maui Health Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice.
• Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned within the scope of their practice.
• May be assigned to another cost center; that may include other work locations on a shift by shift basis to meet patient care requirements.

Basic Qualifications

Experience

• N/A

Education

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.

License, Certification, Registration

• Basic Life Support OR CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers
• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, detail oriented, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, prioritization, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, system thinking, teamwork, time management, written communication competencies. One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of a formal course in area of specialty within a designated period of time after hire into the specialty. Specialty Areas include: Operating Room, Emergency Department, Telemetry, Intensive Care Units, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Cardiology, Ambulatory Treatment, Diagnostic Imaging, and Oncology.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with electronic medical records.
• One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty.
• Coursework in basic EKG.