Seasonal RN Program - ICU/CCU

About the role

This position represents {2} openings. As the leader of the health care team, the Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. The role requires adherence to Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities, and applicable state, federal, and local laws.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Demonstrates ability to problem solve with other departments in order to assist member problem resolution.
• 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.
• Practices customer service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and specified department.
• Maintains and protects patient confidentiality.
• Treats all families of patients with courtesy, respect, kindness and compassion.
• 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.
• 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.
• Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment through unit based teams.
• 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 Critical Care, or successful completion of a KP-approved Critical Care course within prior 12 months.
• Completion of RN Program.
• Registered Nurse License (California).

Qualifications

• Basic Life Support.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

Skills

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

Benefits

We offer several benefits to our nurses, including:

• Professional development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation.
• Flexible scheduling options.
• Health and wellness programs.
• Retirement savings plans.

Pay

The pay for this position is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The position is full-time, non-benefited with a commitment duration of 5 months from date of hire. It is a temporary seasonal position with a shift of Night.

Notes

• May be Part-Time or Full-Time, Day or Night Shift.
• Start date will be September 14, 2026 - February 21, 2027, for orientation and training (may vary by medical center/clinic).
• End date will be 5 months from start date.
• RN-s will be UNAC/UHCP or SEIU Local 121 union dues paying members. The initiation fee will be waived.
• The position is non-benefited, temporary.
• KFH may be required to float to other related MST departments.
• May be cancelled, but no more than five (5) times during the temporary obligation.
• Is guaranteed one major holiday off during the assignment, but is obligated to work all others, if needed.
• Transfers to another position at Kaiser Permanente will not be permitted during the temporary commitment, however if participants are interested in regular employment, they are encouraged to express interest for regular positions 6-8 weeks prior to end of assignment.
• This is a temporary position for approximately 90 days.
• Will be required to work every other weekend and some holiday.