Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Med Surg Charge Nurse (RN) for a nursing job in Kula, HI.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Med Surg
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Employment Type: Staff
Job Summary:
Provides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies.Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned. Serves as charge nurse. Assigns work to unit/clinic staff as appropriate. Ensures unit/clinic operations and nursing care runs smoothly.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Performs charge duties.
- Identifies patient care problems and ensures follow-up.
- Sets priorities for patient and unit/clinic needs.
- Coordinates departmental activities and staff to ensure optimum patient care and resource utilization.
- Makes/documents assignments taking into account patient needs and staff competencies.
- Monitors daily staffing and adjusts according to census, acuity, and unit/clinic needs.
- Provides clear, consistent direction for staff.
- Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate.
- Utilizes nursing process to deliver care.
- Performs any task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills.
- Administers medications.
- Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care.
- Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate.
- Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel.
- Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver.
- Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor.
- Incorporates the Maui Health Vision, Model and Values throughout their Nursing Practice.
- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned within the scope of their practice.
- May be assigned to another cost center; that may include other work locations on a shift by shift basis to meet patient care requirements.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum Nineteen (19) months of nursing experience.
Education
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
License, Certification, Registration
- CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers OR Basic Life Support
- Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire
Additional Requirements:
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in teamwork, leadership, adaptability, change management, decision making, detail oriented, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, prioritization, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, system thinking, teamwork, time management, written communication competencies.
- One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of a formal course in area of specialty within a designated period of time after hire into the specialty.
- Specialty Areas include: Operating Room, Emergency Department, Telemetry, Intensive Care Units, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Cardiology, Ambulatory Treatment, Diagnostic Imaging, and Oncology.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum one (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty.
- Experience working with electronic medical records.
- Coursework in basic EKG.
About Kaiser Permanente
At the heart of health care, you’ll find Kaiser Permanente. As the nations leading not-for-profit, integrated health plan, we make a difference in the lives of members, patients, and communities across the country.
With 39 hospitals and more than 734 locations in eight states and the District of Columbia, we proudly serve more than 12.7 million members from coast to coast. Whether you choose to join a hospital in the Northwest, a clinic in Southern California, or a medical office in the Mid-Atlantic, we have many opportunities for you to shape the future of care.
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