Seasonal RN Program -DOU/SDU

About the role

The Seasonal RN Program -DOU/SDU offers registered nurses the opportunity to lead the health care team and provide professional nursing care in a Critical Care, DOU, or SDU setting. This program is a temporary seasonal position, full-time non-benefitted with a commitment duration of 5 months from date of hire.

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; delegates tasks appropriately, and demonstrates appropriate accountability.
• Understands own and team members scope of practice and escalates issues as appropriate.
• Demonstrates professional, supportive behavior.
• Champions new ideas.
• Leads and directs others through the change process.
• Utilizes communication strategies including chain of command and issue escalation, which result in intended outcomes.
• Participates in problem identification and resolution.
• Mentors, orients, and coaches others in unit specific operations and patient care activities.
• Shares responsibility and authority with subordinates and holds him/her accountable for performance.
• Prioritizes, delegates, and supervises work assignments appropriately to ensure completion of patient care activities.
• Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.
• Develops and/or contributes to the individualized plan of care that reflects assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of that plan.
• Ensures plan shows multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and education.
• Ensures plan is reflective of admission or outpatient database, on-going findings, age appropriate care, cultural specific needs, and appropriate acuity.
• Ensures plan is discussed with patient, family/significant others, and completed in a timely manner.
• Makes comprehensive nursing decisions based on interpretation of data, assessments, and evaluations of patient outcomes.
• Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing, and improving.
• Adheres to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices.
• Applies standard precautions; maintains a safe environment for self and others.
• Discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes with physicians and other members of the health care team.
• Provides an optimal patient care experience by actively listening to the needs of patients and family members and taking responsibility for meeting those identified needs.
• Ensures patient safety related but not limited to, medications and procedures utilizing the five rights; patient falls; decubitus prevention and prevention of nosocomial infections.
• Ensures optimal pain control and patient comfort; identifies and discusses patient anxieties, fears or concerns regarding patient condition, treatment or discharge.
• Ensures that patient understands medication purpose, side effects, and administration instructions in the hospital as well as at the time of discharge.
• Charting is accurate, legible, dated, and timed.
• Documentation reflects nursing process and interventions and evaluations taken.
• Utilizes computer systems effectively and efficiently for optimal patient care.
• Organizes work to minimize the use of overtime.
• Identifies and assists in systems improvement that needs simplification or correction.
• Utilizes payroll and non-payroll resources to their maximum potential.

Requirements

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in a Critical Care, DOU or SDU setting.
• Completion of RN Program.
• Registered Nurse License (California).
• Basic Life Support.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
• Basic Arrhythmia course required.
• Ventilator training may be required.

Qualifications

• Viewed by others to be an effective team member who is 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.
• Attends all mandatory meetings, in-services and staff meetings as required, actively participates in other departmental professional development.
• Participates with the assessment of current and future unit learning needs and development of an annual education plan.
• Keeps self informed of activities on the unit and makes recommendations for change.
• Adheres to Attendance Program. Reports to assigned area promptly, being present and available for report at beginning of assigned shift.
• Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment through unit based teams.

Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Teamwork

Benefits

We offer several benefits to our nurses, including:

• Lifetime Learning Opportunities
• Comprehensive Health Insurance
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Professional Development
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Retirement Plans

Pay

The pay for this position is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This position is a temporary seasonal position, full-time non-benefitted with a commitment duration of 5 months from date of hire. It is a part-time position, scheduled weekly hours will be determined based on the needs of the department. Shifts are typically Day shifts.

Application Instructions

No application instructions provided.