Specialty Unit Staff RN - NICU/Downey

About the role

The Specialty Unit Staff RN - NICU/Downey position is a key role within the healthcare team, responsible for providing professional nursing care in accordance with established standards and policies. The role requires a strong foundation in the nursing process, leadership skills, and adherence to regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Delegates tasks appropriately and demonstrates accountability.
• Leads and directs others through the change process.
• Mentors, orients, and coaches others in unit-specific operations and patient care activities.
• Ensures patient safety related to medications, procedures, and infection control.
• Ensures patient comfort and addresses patient anxieties, fears, or concerns.
• Ensures patient understanding of medication purposes, side effects, and administration instructions.
• Documents accurately and efficiently using computer systems.
• Participates in departmental performance improvement activities.
• Adheres to workplace safety principles and practices.
• Provides courteous and respectful care to patients and families.
• Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment.

Requirements

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Level III NICU or successful completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course within the last 12 months.
• Registered Nurse License (California).
• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program.
• May be expected to cross-train to at least one other Perinatal area.
• Shift: 7:15 pm-7:45 am, with a backup shift of 11:15 pm to 7:45 am.

Qualifications

• Leadership: Upholds policies, serves as a leader, delegates tasks, and demonstrates accountability.
• Nursing Process: Develops and implements individualized plans of care, monitors patient progress, revises plans based on evaluation, ensures care meets standards, and completes discharge plans.
• Documentation: Accurate, legible, dated, and timed documentation reflecting the nursing process and interventions.
• Team Commitment: Views others as effective team members, confronts conflicts constructively, takes accountability for actions, acts as a resource, preceptor, and mentor, attends meetings, and supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment.
• Fiscal Responsibility: Organizes work to minimize overtime, identifies and assists in systems improvement, utilizes resources to maximize potential, and adheres to attendance program.

Skills

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

Benefits

Kaiser Permanente offers several benefits to its nurses, including:

• Opportunities for lifelong learning and career advancement.
• A supportive and diverse work environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Access to a wide range of services and programs.

Pay

The pay for this role is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The job schedule is part-time, with scheduled weekly hours and shifts as specified.