Staff Nurse

Kaiser Permanente; Kailua (HI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii seeks a Staff Nurse - Primary Care to provide nursing care and supervise LPNs in a primary care setting. The role includes delegating tasks, delivering care via the nursing process, and ensuring high-quality patient outcomes.

Required is graduation from an accredited nursing program with Hawaii RN licensure and BLS. Oncology unit requires ONS/ONCC certification within one year. Competitive benefits accompany this hospital-based role.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii).
• Basic Life Support (American Heart Association).
• Oncology Unit: ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate within one year of hire and maintained thereafter.
• Demonstrated knowledge of 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.
• Inpatient Specialty Areas: 1 year experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course within established timeframe.
• Ambulatory Specialty Areas: Cardiology, Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Population Management - 1 year experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established timeframe.
• Experience with electronic medical records (preferred).
• One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Practices professional nursing and delegates 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.
• Administers medications and may administer intradermal local anesthetic for IV placement.
• 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 KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice.
• 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

Adaptability

Change management

Decision making

Detail orientation

Customer service

Interpersonal relations

Oral communication

Prioritization

Problem solving

Quality management

System thinking

Teamwork

Time management

Written communication

Electronic health records

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 nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill.

• Administers medications. As appropriate, may administer intradermal local anesthetic for IV placement.

• 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 KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice.

• 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.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Experience

  N/A

  Education

  Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.

  License, Certification, Registration

  Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)

  Basic Life Support from American Heart Association

  Additional Requirements:

  For Oncology Unit: ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate by Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) to be obtained within one (1) year of hire and maintained thereafter.

  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.

  Inpatient Specialty Areas: Only departments in the Pediatrics, Mother Baby, NICU, Labor & Delivery, Operating Room, Emergency, Intensive Care, Hospital Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Ambulatory Treatment, Clinical Decision Unit, Diagnostic Imaging, Oncology - One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established timeframe.

  Ambulatory Specialty Areas: Cardiology, Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Population Management - One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established timeframe.

  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.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Staff Nurse - Primary Care - Kailua Kona

LOCATION: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

REQNUMBER: 1439115

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.