Staff Nurse II Short Hour – Operating Room

Kaiser Permanente; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser in Walnut Creek, CA is seeking a Staff Nurse II for the Operating Room. The RN will assess patients, plan and implement care, and coordinate with a multidisciplinary team within the OR setting.

Qualified candidates will have a California RN license, BLS, and at least one year of acute care experience. This role emphasizes safety, documentation, and patient education throughout perioperative care.

Qualifications

• RN license (California) and Basic Life Support (BLS) are required.
• One year recent RN experience in an acute hospital setting or KP training program.
• Graduate RN or MSN pre-licensure programs acceptable per policy.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient status and data continuously to inform care, including physiologic, psychosocial, cultural and educational needs.
• Formulate and implement goal-directed care plans.
• Coordinate and deliver care with the health care team; document actions clearly.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Patient advocacy

Documentation

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma/GED

RN program with BRN hours requirements

MSN pre-licensure

Tools

EMR navigation

Windows OS

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.

• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.

• Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.

• Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.

• Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.

• Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.

• If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) in an Acute hospital setting circulating on a variety of surgical procedures in multiple specialties 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

• or (3) currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (California)

• Basic 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Staff Nurse II Short Hour – Operating Room

LOCATION: Walnut Creek, California

REQNUMBER: 1443543

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.