Staff Nurse II

Kaiser Permanente; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in California seeks an experienced Registered Nurse II for a demanding clinical role. You will assess patients, plan and implement care, educate patients and families, and collaborate with the health care team to deliver high-quality outcomes.

The position emphasizes safety, documentation, and adherence to established protocols, with responsibilities across multiple units as needed. Must hold RN license in CA and BLS/ACLS certifications.

Qualifications

• 1 year recent experience (within last 3 years) in an IVF or REI center.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.
• Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with appropriate clinical and safety protocols as per institution.
• Experience with electronic medical records and documentation systems.

Responsibilities

• Performs ongoing assessment/data collection focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, and cognitive status, plus education.
• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when appropriate.
• Implements care in a thorough, skillful, and continuous manner.
• Establishes priorities for patient care based on needs and available resources.
• Provides patient/family education and advocates for patient rights.
• Coordinates care with health care team members and maintains effective communication.
• Ensures safety principles and emergency protocols are followed.
• Participates in unit performance improvement activities and nursing research as directed.

Skills

Written and oral communication

Interpersonal skills

Service orientation

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma/GED

RN program graduate + BRN hours requirement

Job description

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.
• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.
• Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.
• Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
• Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them.
• Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.
• Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.
• Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.
• Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.
• Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.
• Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.
• Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.
• Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.
• Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.
• Participates in nursing research activities as requested.
• Identifies and solves problems effectively.
• Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.
• Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information. Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.
• Perform other related duties as necessary.

If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.

SPECIALITY AREAS

If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

1 year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in an IVF or REI center.

Education

• High School Diploma/GED
• Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (California)

• Basic Life Support

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice
• Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers)
• Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English)
• Good interpersonal skills
• Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

• Experience caring for patients undergoing procedural sedation