Staff Nurse II

Kaiser Permanente; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, CA, seeks an RN II to provide professional nursing care for a group of patients using the nursing process and collaboration with the health care team. The RN II will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care, while maintaining patient advocacy and education.

The role requires current California RN licensure, a background in nursing practice, and ability to work within a team to deliver safe, effective care in a high-demand environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year of RN experience preferred, especially in cardiac/surgical settings.
• Current California RN license required.
• Experience with patient assessment, planning, and coordination of care.

Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing patient assessment focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status.
• Develop and implement goal-directed care plans.
• Coordinate and deliver care using nursing process and team collaboration.
• Prioritize patient needs based on immediacy and resource availability.
• Ensure patient and family education and advocacy.

Skills

Assessment

Patient care

Nursing process

Emergency response

Teamwork

Education

RN license

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Electronic Medical Records

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.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) circulating Cardiac surgeries or completion of a KP training program.

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.

• Ability to scrub as required.
• Available for call back within 30 minutes of the facility if standby shifts are required.