Staff Nurse - CCL

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii is seeking a Registered Nurse (Bargaining Unit) to provide nursing care and services to patients and families. The role directs licensed practical nurses and nursing assistants, delegates care according to guidelines, and serves as primary nurse and resource nurse on the unit.

The nurse will act as preceptor, take charge duties as assigned, and embody Kaiser Permanente Vision and Values while maintaining clinical competence and compliance with policies.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in Hawaii.
• ACLS certification within 12 months of hire; BLS required.
• Experience in area of specialty or completion of formal coursework within established timeframe.
• Ability to supervise and delegate tasks to LPNs and nursing assistive personnel.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to patients and families while guiding LPNs and nursing assistants.
• Delegate nursing tasks according to guidelines and supervise nursing staff.
• Administer medications and assist with IV placement as appropriate.
• Maintain competency and participate in ongoing professional development.
• Serve as primary nurse and resource nurse; take charge duties as assigned.

Skills

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

Education

Nursing degree

Tools

Electronic Medical Records

Job description

Job Summary

This position is a Hawaii Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Bargaining Unit represented position. 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 polices. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves a 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 and maintains organizational, departmental, and job-specific competencies in accordance with their departmental scope of service, discipline, specific scopes of practice and defined job descriptions.
• 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 throughout their nursing practice.
• Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned.
• 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

• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established timeframe.

Education

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 12 months of hire from American Heart Association

• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association

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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with electronic medical records.
• Coursework in basic EKG.