Staff Nurse - PACU

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu, Hawaii seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to provide comprehensive nursing care and to guide LPNs and nursing assistive personnel. The nurse will delegate tasks per regulatory guidelines and act as primary nurse and resource on the unit.

The role requires ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications, and emphasizes clinical judgment, teamwork, and patient-centered care. Leadership, teaching, and care coordination are essential components of the practice.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.

Responsibilities

• Delivers professional nursing care and delegates tasks to nursing staff.
• Uses nursing process to plan and implement patient care.
• Administers medications and may administer local anesthetic for IV placement.
• Teaches and mentors LPNs and nursing assistants; supervises competency.
• Acts as primary nurse and resource for the patient and family.

Skills

Nursing care

Team leadership

Clinical judgment

Patient education

Education

Nursing degree (RN)

Job description

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. 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.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• N/A

Education

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support required at hire from American Heart Association
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support required at hire from American Heart Association
• 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.
• For PACU or DI: minimum one (1) year of experience in area of specialty or ciritcal care or ED experience.
• For GI or SDS: minimum one (1) year of experience in area of specialty or critical care, Tele, or ED experience.
• 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.