Temporary Seasonal - RN - Downey - Urgent Care - PT (24) - 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Job Summary

This position represents 2 openings. As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

Essential Responsibilities

• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes 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. Demonstrates ability to problem solve with other departments in order to assist member problem resolution.
• 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.
• Ensures patient safety related but not limited to, medications and procedures utilizing 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 patient condition, treatment or discharge.
• Ensures that patient clearly understands discharge instructions. In outpatient, identify barriers and needs for patient/family education that will facilitate the outpatient medical management plan.
• 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. Gives patients information in a way they can understand and ensures compliance with discharge instructions.
• Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment.
• Treats all families of patients with courtesy, respect, kindness and compassion.
• Works collaboratively with the team to improve patient care and satisfaction.
• 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.

Experience

• N/A 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care, ambulatory care or home health/palliative/hospice care.
• Registered Nurse License (California).

Education

• N/A.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (California).
• Basic Life Support.

Additional Requirements

• N/A.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A.

Notes

• PT, non-benefited, commitment of 5 months from date of hire, every other weekend and holidays required.
• This is a temporary position for approximately 5 months.

Primary Location

California, Downey, Orchard Medical Offices Building D.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

24

Shift

Day

Workdays

• Sun
• Mon
• Tue
• Wed
• Thu
• Fri
• Sat

Working Hours Start

01:00 PM

Working Hours End

09:30 PM

Job Schedule

Part-time

Job Type

Standard

Worker Location

Onsite

Employee Status

Temporary

Employee Group/Union Affiliation

B13|AFSCME|UNAC

Job Level

Individual Contributor

Department

Orchard MOB #A - Urgent Care-Day - 0806

Pay Range

$67.25 - $71.29 / hour