Staff Nurse - NICU

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 69,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to provide comprehensive neonatal care in the Moanalua Medical Center NICU. You will supervise LPNs and nursing assistants, delegate nursing tasks, and ensure care is delivered per medical orders and regulatory guidelines.

As the primary nurse and resource mentor, you will lead the care team, act as a preceptor, and take on charge duties while upholding Kaiser’s Vision and Values and maintaining clinical competencies on a

Qualifications

• Minimum of one (1) year of NICU experience or completion of a formal course in the area of specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care and services to patients/families.
• Directs licensed practical nurses and nursing assistive personnel.
• Deligates nursing care according to guidelines and policies.
• Administers medications including intradermal local anesthetic for IV placement when appropriate.
• Teaches and mentors LPNs and nursing assistive personnel.
• Verifies staff competency for nursing tasks.
• Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver and resource nurse.
• Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.

Skills

NICU experience

Nursing supervision

Delegation

Education

Graduate from accredited school of nursing

EKG coursework

Tools

EMR experience

Job description

• Takes charge duties as assigned.

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

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 and maintains organizational, departmental, and job-specific competencies in accordance with their departmental scope of service, discipline, specific scopes of practice and defined job descriptions.
• Administers medications. As appropriate, may administer intradermal local anesthetic for IV placement.
• 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 throughout 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.

Experience

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in NICU or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established time frame.

Education

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 12 months of hire from American Academy of Pediatrics
• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association

Additional Requirements

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with electronic medical records.
• Coursework in basic EKG.

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:

Hawaii,Honolulu,Moanalua Ancillary Building

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

Shift:

Day

Workdays:

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

Working Hours Start:

07:15 AM

Working Hours End:

07:45 PM

Job Schedule:

Full-time

Job Type:

Standard

Worker Location:

Onsite

Employee Status:

Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation:

HNS|HNHP|Hawaii Nurses and Healthcare Professionals

Job Level:

Individual Contributor

Department:

Moanalua Medical Center - Neo-Natal ICU Unit -1 - 1201

Pay Range:

$50.74 - $72.49 / 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.