Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital (Labor & Delivery)

About the role

The Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital (Labor & Delivery) is responsible for leading the health care team and providing professional nursing care according to established standards. This position requires a minimum of one year of full-time equivalent experience in Labor & Delivery or completion of a KP L&D course within the last 12 months. The ideal candidate must hold a registered nurse license, neonatal resuscitation program certification, advanced fetal monitoring certificate, basic life support, and advanced cardiac life support.

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; participates in problem identification and resolution; mentors, orients, and coaches others; shares responsibility and authority with subordinates; prioritizes, delegates, and supervises work assignments appropriately; 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.
• Maintains patient safety related to medications and procedures utilizing the five rights; monitors patient progress based on the plan; revises plan on ongoing basis based on patient condition and evaluation of progress; ensures care meets standards of practice; ensures effective development and completion of discharge plan including discharge barriers and patient/family education; ensures patient clearly understands discharge instructions; 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.
• Discuss patient findings and progress toward outcomes with physicians and other members of the healthcare team; demonstrates competencies during the probationary period and ongoing completion by departmental competency validation; 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; promptly answers call lights, alarms, and patient requests; makes appropriate referrals and facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources; maintains and protects patient confidentiality; ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment; 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.
• Views 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; 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 (Requirement may vary for per diem staff); 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse License (California)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certificate
• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.
• Ability to scrub and circulate as required.

Skills

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

Benefits

We offer several benefits to our nurses, including:

• Lifetime learning opportunities
• Opportunities for growth and development
• Flexible schedules
• Supportive and respectful work environment

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The job schedule is Full-time, with a Shift of Night.