Staff Nurse Ii Redwood City Neuro and - Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente
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Redwood City, United States

2 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Job Summary:


The Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame.

The RN 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 Responsibilities:


  • Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.
  • Formulates a goaldirected plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.
  • 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.
  • Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them.
  • Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.
  • Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.
  • Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.
  • Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.
  • Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.
  • Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.
  • Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.
  • 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 responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.
  • Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department 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.
  • Participates in nursing research activities as requested.
  • Identifies and solves problems effectively.
  • Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.
  • Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
  • Perform other related duties as necessary.
If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.


SPECIALITY AREAS

Basic Qualifications:

Experience


1 year (within the last 3 years) experience in diagnostic imaging, invasive care (e.g., surgery), intensive care (including ED, PACU) GI procedures (ERC) or other unit in which procedural sedation is performed; experience caring for patients undergoing procedural sedation.

Education

  • 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 program and either: 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 a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation
License, Certification, Registration

  • Registered Nurse License (California)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • Basic Life Support

Additional Requirements:


  • 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.
  • May require evidence of current PALS, PEARS, NRP or completion of other advanced specialty training as dictated by the patient population served.

Preferred Qualifications:


PrimaryLocation :
California,Redwood City,Redwood City Hospital

HoursPerWeek : 1


Shift :
Day


Workdays :
Mon - Fri

WorkingHoursStart : 07:30 AM

WorkingHoursEnd : 04:00 PM


Job Schedule :
Call-in/On-Call


Job Type:

Employee Status :
Regular


Employee Group/Union Affiliation :
A10|NNU|California Nurse's Association


Job Level :
Individual Contributor


Job Category :
Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners

Department :
Redwood City Hospital - Radiology-Neurology - 0206


Travel :
No
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