Home Health RN-Baldwin Park

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse leads the health care team, providing professional nursing care according to established standards, policies, and procedures. The role involves demonstrating leadership, adhering to organizational vision and mission, and maintaining a safe, functional work environment.

About the Role

This position requires a minimum of one year recent full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health, Palliative Care, or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN. No formal education is required, but a registered nurse license is necessary. The role involves rotating weekends and may cross-cover service lines and areas as needed.

Responsibilities

• Upholds Kaiser Permanente’s policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities, and applicable state, federal, and local laws.
• Serves as a leader of the health care team, delegating tasks appropriately and demonstrating accountability.
• Understands and supports the scope of practice for both the nurse and team members, escalating issues as necessary.
• Champions new ideas, leads the change process, and collaborates with other departments to resolve problems.
• Mentors, orients, and coaches others in unit-specific operations and patient care activities.
• Shares responsibility and authority with subordinates and holds them accountable for performance.
• Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.
• Develops and/or contributes to the individualized plan of care, ensuring multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and education.
• Maintains patient safety by monitoring progress based on the plan, revising the plan as needed, and ensuring optimal pain control and patient comfort.
• Ensures patient safety related to medications and procedures, utilizing the five rights; patient falls; decubitus prevention; and prevention of nosocomial infections.
• Ensures patient understanding of discharge instructions and educates patients and families about outpatient medical management plans.
• Provides an optimal patient care experience by actively listening to the needs of patients and family members and taking responsibility for meeting those needs.
• Works collaboratively with the team, being flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.
• Confronts difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.
• Takes accountability for own actions and accepts constructive criticism.
• Acts as a resource, preceptor, and mentor to new employees, registry, students, and other team members.
• Attends all mandatory meetings, in-services, and staff meetings as required, actively participates in other departmental professional development.
• Assesses current and future unit learning needs and develops an annual education plan.
• Keeps self-informed of activities on the unit and makes recommendations for change.
• Adheres to attendance program and reports to assigned area promptly, being present and available for report at the start of the assigned shift.
• Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment through unit-based teams.
• Organizes work to minimize the use of overtime and identifies and assists in systems improvement that needs simplification or correction.
• Utilizes payroll and non-payroll resources to their maximum potential.

Requirements

• Clean driving record for the last 2 years.
• Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.
• Clean driving record for the last 2 years.
• Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.

Qualifications

• No formal education is required, but a registered nurse license is necessary.
• Minimum one year recent full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health, Palliative Care, or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.
• Preferred qualifications not specified.

Skills

• Leadership skills
• Nursing process proficiency
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Communication and problem-solving abilities
• Customer service standards
• Safe patient care practices

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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