Emergency Room Nurse

1 week ago


Downey, California, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time
Job Summary:

As a leader in the healthcare team, the Emergency Room Nurse provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures.

Remains flexible to changing systems; demonstrates 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:

The Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:


Leadership:

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 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.

Prioritizes, delegates, and supervises work assignments appropriately to ensure completion of patient care activities.

Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.


Nursing Process:

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 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.

Monitors the patients 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 that patient clearly understands discharge instructions. In outpatient, identify barriers and needs for patient/family education that will facilitate the outpatient medical management plan.

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 understands medication purpose, side effects, and administration instructions in the hospital as well as at the time of discharge.


Patient Care Experience :

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 customers ability to utilize resources.

Maintains and protects patient confidentialityEnsures 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.

Gives patients information in a way they can understand and ensures comprehension.

Provides a patient care experience that exceeds members expectations.


Commitment:

Viewed by 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.


Fiscal Responsibility:

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.


Basic Qualifications:

Experience Six (6) months recent (within the last five (5) years) full-time equivalent in ED or Critical Care, or successful completion of a KP ED training program or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.

License, Certification, Registration Registered Nurse License (California) Pediatric Advanced Life Support Advanced Cardiac Life Support Basic Life Support Notes:

If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm - 7:30 am with 8-hour back up shift 11:00 pm - 7:30 am


Primary Location:
California,Downey,Downey Medical Center Scheduled Weekly Hours: 30 Shift:

NightWorkdays:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun Working Hours Start: 07:00 PM Working Hours End: 07:30 AM Job Schedule:

Part-time Job Type:

Standard Worker Location:

Onsite Employee Status:

Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation:

B13|AFSCME|UNAC Job Level:

Individual Contributor Department:

Downey Medical Center - Emergency-Day Pay Range:
$ $74.72 / hour Sign on bonus:
$ The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.

Travel:

No On-site:
Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do.

We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work.

Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.


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