Staff Nurse - Med/Tele

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii seeks a skilled RN to provide direct patient care and supervise LPNs and nursing assistants. This Hawaii Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Bargaining Unit represented position is a temporary assignment with potential to transfer per unit needs.

You will delegate tasks, administer medications, and act as a resource nurse, preceptor, and charge nurse as assigned, while upholding KP Vision, Model and Values.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• RN license in Hawaii.
• BLS from American Heart Association.
• ACLS within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care and directs LPNs and nursing assistive personnel.
• Delegates nursing tasks per guidelines and policies.
• Administers medications.
• Teaches and mentors LPNs and assistive personnel.
• Acts as resource nurse, preceptor, and takes charge duties.

Skills

Adaptability

Decision making

Detail oriented

Customer service

Interpersonal relations

Oral communication

Prioritization

Problem solving

Quality management

Time management

Written communication

Teamwork

Education

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing

Tools

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Job description

This position is a Hawaii Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Bargaining Unit represented position.

Temporary positions have no guarantee of duration and employees hired into temporary positions are not guaranteed to return to their former position once the temporary position (assignment) is completed. Employees that transfer into temporary positions shall maintain their seniority.

Job Summary:

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 policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as 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.
• Administers medications.
• 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 through out 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

• N/A

Education

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)

• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association

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

Additional Requirements:

• For Ambulatory Treatment Center nurses - peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) line certification within one (1) year of hire and maintained thereafter.
• 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.
• Inpatient Specialty Areas: Only departments in the Pediatrics, Mother Baby, NICU, Labor & Delivery, Operating Room, Emergency, Intensive Care, Hospital Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Ambulatory Treatment, Clinical Decision Unit, Diagnostic Imaging, Oncology - One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established timeframe.
• Ambulatory Specialty Areas: Cardiology, Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Population Management - One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established timeframe.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with electronic medical records.
• One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty.
• Coursework in basic EKG.