Specialty Unit Staff RN - ICU

About the role

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care using the nursing process in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan; remains flexible to changing systems; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

Responsibilities

• Leadership
  • Upholds Kaiser Permanente 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 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 change.
  • Utilizes communication strategies including chain of command and issue escalation that 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 them accountable for performance.
  • Demonstrates ability to problem-solve with other departments to assist member problem resolution.
  • Prioritizes, delegates, and supervises work assignments to ensure completion of patient-care activities.
  • Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.
• Nursing Process
  • Develops and/or contributes to individualized plans of care reflecting assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
  • Ensures the plan shows multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and education; is reflective of admission or outpatient database, ongoing findings, age-appropriate care, cultural-specific needs, and appropriate acuity.
  • Ensures the plan is discussed with the patient, family/significant others, and completed in a timely manner.
  • Monitors the patient’s progress based on the plan; revises the plan on an ongoing basis per patient condition and evaluation of progress.
  • Ensures care meets standards of practice and effective development/completion of discharge plans including discharge barriers and patient/family education.
  • Ensures the patient clearly understands discharge instructions and, in outpatient settings, identifies barriers and needs for patient/family education to facilitate the medical management plan.
  • Ensures patient safety related to medications and procedures using 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 condition, treatment, or discharge.
  • Ensures the patient understands medication purpose, side effects, and administration instructions in the hospital and at discharge.
• Documentation
  • Charting is accurate, legible, dated, and timed; reflects the nursing process, interventions, and evaluations.
  • Utilizes computer systems effectively and efficiently for optimal patient care.
• Clinical Outcomes
  • Discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes with physicians and other members of the health care team.
  • Demonstrates competencies during the probationary period and ongoing completion via departmental competency validation.
  • Makes comprehensive nursing decisions based on interpretation of data, assessments, and evaluations of patient outcomes.
  • Participates in departmental performance-improvement activities (planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing, and improving).
• Workplace Safety
  • Adheres to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices; applies standard precautions and maintains a safe environment for self and others.
• Patient Care Experience
  • Practices customer-service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and specified department.
  • Answers call lights, alarms, and patient requests promptly; makes appropriate referrals and facilitates resource utilization.
  • Maintains and protects patient confidentiality; ensures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.
  • Treats all patient families with courtesy, respect, kindness, and compassion.
  • Provides an optimal patient-care experience by actively listening to needs and taking responsibility for meeting those needs.
  • Gives patients information in a way they can understand and ensures comprehension; exceeds member expectations.
• Team Commitment
  • Viewed by others as 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 staff, students, and other team members.
  • Attends all mandatory meetings, in-services, and staff meetings as required; participates in other departmental professional development (requirements 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 informed of unit activities and makes recommendations for change; adheres to the Attendance Program.
  • Reports to the assigned area promptly, being present and available for report at the beginning of the assigned shift.
  • Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment through unit-based teams.
• Fiscal Responsibility
  • Organizes work to minimize the use of overtime.
  • Identifies and assists in systems improvements that need simplification or correction.
  • Utilizes payroll and non-payroll resources to their maximum potential.

Requirements

• One year of 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 the prior 12 months.
• Registered Nurse License (California).
• Basic Life Support.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

Schedule

• Alternating weekends.
• If twelve-hour option is chosen, shift will be 7:00 am–7:30 pm; back-up eight-hour shift will be 3:00 pm–11:30 pm.
• Full-time, day shift, scheduled weekly hours: 40.

Pay

• Hourly pay range: $58.29 – $79.98.