Staff Nurse II Short Hour

Kaiser Permanente; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente Oakland is seeking an RN II to provide comprehensive patient care in cardiovascular units. The role emphasizes assessment, care planning, implementation, patient education, safety, and collaboration with the health care team.

Requires CA RN license, BLS, ACLS, and recent cardiovascular nursing experience. Onsite schedule with day shifts; strong communication and documentation skills essential.

Qualifications

• 1 year recent experience in cardiovascular nursing.
• Graduate of an accredited RN program with current BRN requirements.
• Licensed Registered Nurse in California with BLS and ACLS.
• Demonstrated knowledge of RN scope of practice and professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Performs continuous assessment/data collection focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural and cognitive status.
• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care.
• Implements care in a thorough, skillful, and consistent manner.
• Establishes priorities based on patient needs and available resources.
• Provides patient/family education and advocates for patient rights.
• Maintains safe practice and follows protocols; documents events and uses EMR effectively.
• Collaborates with health care team and participates in Performance Improvement activities.

Skills

Cardiovascular nursing

Education

High School Diploma/GED

RN program with BRN requirements

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.

Experience

• 1 year recent (within last 3 years) experience in cardiovascular nursing. May include EKG/ETT treadmill, practice in cardiac catheterization unit, critical care, cardiovascular surgery and/or equivalent experience.

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.
• May require evidence of current PALS, PEARS, NRP or completion of other advanced specialty training as dictated by the patient population served.

Preferred Qualifications

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

Primary Location

California,Oakland,Oakland Specialty Medical Office Bldg.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

1

Shift

Day

Workdays

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Working Hours Start

08:00 AM

Working Hours End

04:30 PM

Job Schedule

Call-in/On-Call

Job Type

Standard

Worker Location

Onsite

Employee Status

Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation

A10|NNU|California Nurse's Association

Job Level

Individual Contributor

Department

Oakland Hospital - Cardiology - 0206

Pay Range

$112.18 - $133.26 / hour

Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.

Travel

No

Work Setting

Onsite

Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.