Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital ICU, Variable Shifts and Schedules

About the role

This position is for the hospital expansion tower opening in the Riverside Service Area. It is an All-Inclusive Opportunity for a Registered Nurse (RN) to lead the health care team and provide professional nursing care.

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.
• 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.
• Discuss patient findings and progress toward outcomes with physicians and other members of the health care team.
• Make 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.
• Navigates the Hiring Process

Requirements

• One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care, or successful completion of a KP Critical Care course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.
• Registered Nurse License (California)
• Basic Life Support
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Rotating weekends.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
• One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care, or successful completion of a KP Critical Care course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.
• Registered Nurse License (California)
• Basic Life Support
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Rotating weekends.

Skills

• Collaborative
• Compassionate
• Flexible
• Leadership
• Socially Conscientious
• Trustworthy

Benefits

We offer several benefits to our nurses, including:

• Opportunities for lifelong learning
• Culturally responsive and competent care
• Opportunities for growth and development
• Flexible schedules
• Supportive and respectful work environment

Pay

The pay for this position is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The job schedule is Full-time with variable shifts.