Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing PICU Transport
Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: May 10, 2022
Job Description:
The Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes
responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a
designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the
therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and
instrumentation, and other health care team members.
Essential Functions:
- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic
manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual
and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family
education, family involvement and patient advocacy.
- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and
based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.
- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and
continuous manner.
- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential
patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel,
equipment, and supplies.
- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team
members.
- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements
appropriate measures.
- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely,
accurate, and concise manner.
- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family
rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as
identified within the institution.
- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations
following established protocols, remaining calm, informing
appropriate persons, and documenting events.
- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a
designated patient population.
- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own
professional practice.
- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit
and Department of Nursing personnel.
- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient
confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care
and unit functioning.
- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement
activities as directed.
- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care
team members.
- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following
lines of authority, as appropriate.
- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with
patients, families, and all members of the health care team.
- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the
health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights
and cultural and ethical beliefs.
- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates
flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates
flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse
and the ability to learn electronic medical record system
application.
- Identifies and solves problems effectively.
- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.
- Perform other related duties as necessary.
- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check,
review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse
Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority
to hire, fire or discipline.
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Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific
experience requirements for specialty units.- PICU - One year
recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Pediatric Critical
Care. Current PALS certification required. Chemotherapy and/or
Procedural Sedation competency may be required. May be expected to
cross train to at least one other Maternal Child Health/Family
Centered Care area with appropriate certifications.
- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to
train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training
are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months
of hire or transfer into unit.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and
completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student
clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1)
2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a
licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation;
or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program
that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has
worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the
clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation
or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and
has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in
California.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care
providers.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.
- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff,
providers).
- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills
(in English).
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the
appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
PrimaryLocation : California,Santa Clara,Santa Clara Hospital
HoursPerWeek : 24
Shift : Night
Workdays : Week 1: Sun, Fri, Sat; Week 2: Tue, Wed, Thu
WorkingHoursStart : 11:00 PM
WorkingHoursEnd : 7:30 AM
Job Schedule : Part-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : A10-NNU-California Nurse's
Association
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Job Category : Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners
Department : Pedi/PICU/NICU Transport Team
Travel : No
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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