Charge Nurse

About the role

We invite nurses who are passionate about nursing excellence, high-quality compassionate care delivery, professionalism, integrity, teamwork and patient and family centeredness to join our teams.

Responsibilities

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. Serves as charge nurse. Assigns work to unit/clinic staff as appropriate. Ensures unit/clinic operations and nursing care runs smoothly.

• Performs charge duties.
• Identifies patient care problems and ensures follow-up.
• Sets priorities for patient and unit/clinic needs.
• Captors departmental activities and staff to ensure optimum patient care and resource utilization.
• Makes/documents assignments taking into account patient needs and staff competencies.
• Marks daily staffing and adjusts according to census, acuity, and unit/clinic needs.
• Provides clear, consistent direction for staff.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

Nineteen (19) months of nursing experience.

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.

Registered Nurse License (Hawaii).

Basic Life Support from American Heart Association.

For Oncology Unit: ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate by Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) to be obtained within one (1) year of hire and maintained thereafter.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Population Management: Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (NCBDE)- Must obtain within one year of hire.
• Experience working with electronic medical records.
• One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty.
• Coursework in basic EKG.

Skills

Collaborative.

Compassionate.

Flexible.

Leadership.

Socially Conscientious.

Trustworthy.

Benefits

We offer several benefits to our nurses.

Pay

Ranked among the nation's bestEvery hospital that's part of the Kaiser Permanente system earned “high performing” recognition in the latest U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings. That means all 39 of our hospitals are among the top 20% in the nation.

Awarded for excellenceWe're proud that so many of our hospitals have earned Magnet status. It shows our real commitment to outcomes, safety, quality, efficiency, and, most importantly, to our nurses.

Recognizing nurses during Nurses Month in 2022We're thanking each one of our 65,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses for everything they've done for us and for the nation. Thank you for choosing to be a nurse and for leading our transformation of care.

Explore a career in nursingWhen you join Kaiser Permanente as a nurse, you'll help us boldly transform care while also building a career that offers more opportunities for you to grow.

Experience nursing excellence At Kaiser Permanente our nurses are leaders, clinicians, researchers, innovators, scientists, and more. It takes an extraordinary team to offer extraordinary care.

Schedule

Full-time

Shift: Night