Staff Nurse - Transitional Care

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu, Hawaii, seeks a registered nurse to provide nursing care and services to patients and families. The role directs LPNs and nursing assistive personnel, delegates care according to guidelines, and serves as a resource nurse and preceptor on the unit.

The position emphasizes applying the Kaiser Vision, Model and Values in daily nursing practice, with responsibilities including administering medications, teaching staff, and ensuring high-quality care while maintaining

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Hawaii RN license, BLS, ACLS within 12 months.
• Ambulatory Treatment Center PICC line certification within one year may be required.
• Experience with adapting to change, customer service, teamwork and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care and services to patients/families.
• Directs licensed practical nurses and nursing assistive personnel.
• Delegates nursing care per guidelines and policies.
• Administers medications.
• Teaches and mentors LPNs and nursing staff.
• Ensures quality and adequacy of nursing care on the unit.
• Acts as resource nurse and preceptor.
• Takes charge duties as assigned.

Skills

Nursing process

Patient care

Clinical supervision

Medication administration

Education

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing

Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)

Basic Life Support (American Heart Association)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (American Heart Association) within 12 months

Tools

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) experience

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.
• 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.