Step Down Unit RN-L2 - Kaiser
Company: Kaiser
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: April 17, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Summary: 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: The Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by
exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:
Leadership: 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. 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 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. 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
education. 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. 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 confidentiality Ensures 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. 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 confidentiality
Ensures 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. Team 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 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time
equivalent experience in an acute care setting or completion of a
Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent training program within prior
12 months. Education N/A License, Certification, Registration
Registered Nurse License (California) Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Basic Life Support Additional Requirements: N/A Basic Arrhythmia
course required. Preferred Qualifications: Telemetry certified. BSN
preferred. Acute care experience in MedSurg/Tele/Neuro unit for 6
months. (6 East) - Care of ventilator patients preferred. (7 West)
- Care of stroke patients preferred. (NSU) - Care of
neurology-surgical patients preferred. PrimaryLocation :
California,Los Angeles,Los Angeles Medical Center HoursPerWeek : 36
Shift : Night Workdays : Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
WorkingHoursStart : 07:30 PM WorkingHoursEnd : 08:00 AM Job
Schedule : Full-time Job Type : Standard Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : B08-LAMC-NNU-SCal CNA LAMC Job
Level : Individual Contributor Job Category : Nursing Licensed &
Nurse Practitioners Department : Sunset Medical Center - Med/Surg -
UNIT 9 - 0801 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
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