Under general supervision & in collaboration w/ other members of the health care team, uses clinical judgment skills to diagnose & treat human responses to actual or potential health problems. The RN is responsible for assessing, planning, directing, providing & evaluation nursing care for patients & coordinating nurses care activities w/ other health care disciplines.
Essential Functions:
- Performs accurate multi-system assessments, including; biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education needs & discharge planning needs.
- Identifies deviations from normal on routine lab diagnostic tests.
- Reassesses patient throughout hospitalization.
- Performs complete discharge assessment.
- Develops an individual nursing plan of care. Nursing plan of care is sensitive to the developmental needs of the patient.
- Coordinates patient care activities & discharge planning w/ other hospital & clinic departments & community agencies.
- Develops patient teaching plan & documents on care plan or teaching plan.
- Appropriately delegates patient care activities based on patient's condition & scope of practice of other health care providers.
- Established priories for patient care.
- Classifies acuity level of assigned patients.
- Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the medical and/or surgical patient.
- Bases nursing care on protocol in place for management of each patient.
- Correctly carries out the physician's plan of care.
- Accurately documents in the EMR.
- Documents care according to policy & procedure.
- Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach when appropriate.
- Performs all necessary procedures correctly.
- Utilizes available teaching plans in addressing patient teaching needs.
- Accurately calculates & administers medications.
- Initiates appropriate measures in emergency situations.
- Evaluates assessment methods, plan of care, & patient's response to treatment.
- Participates in unit quality assurance activities.
- Perform medical screening exams for obstetrical patients.
- Provide telephone advice for the obstetrical patient.
- Perform assessment & management of obstetrical patient.
- Initiate neonatal resuscitation.
- Provide newborn assessment & care.
- Circulate for obstetrical operative procedures.
- Recover postoperative patients.
- Provide postpartum assessment/management & breastfeeding support.
- Perform assessment & management of gynecological medical/surgical patient.
- Knowledge to support gyn teaching & post-operative bladder training.
- Assist w/ circumcisions.
- Knowledge to support maternal-newborn teaching.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Nine (9) months of experience in last twelve (12) months.
- One (1) year of labor and delivery experience within the last three (3) years.
- One (1) year of postpartum/newborn experience within the last three (3) years.
- Three (3) years of labor and delivery experience, preferred.
- Three (3) years of postpartum experience, preferred.
- One (1) year of medical/surgical nursing experience, preferrred.
- Previous health care experience, preferred.
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field, preferred.
- Current Oregon RN License upon hire.
- Current Washington RN License upon hire.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers CPR with AED.
- NRP certification at time of hire/transfer.
- STABLE within 6 months of hire/transfer.
- ACLS within 8 weeks of hire/transfer.
- Electronic fetal monitoring.
- IV Skills and lab draws.
- High risk medication administration (Magnesium/Oxytocin/Insulin).
- Urine Point of Care testing.
- Capillary blood glucose testing.
- IStat.
- Adult Cardiac monitoring.
- Newborn monitors including pulse oximetry and cardiac monitoring.
- Heel sticks/venipuncture on newborn.
- Newborn medication including IV administration and maintenance.
- Bili-blankets/lights.
- Radiant warmers.
- Computer keyboarding skills.
Salary Range:
$33.10 - $47.60
In anticipation of opening our new hospital, Kaiser Permanente is preparing to start our recruitment process this fall and winter.
This job posting is representative of one of the types of positions we will be hiring for in the near future. If you are interested, please submit your resume and we will follow up with you on our hiring timelines and application process.
Possible Positions Represented:
On-Call Day
On-Call Night
24 hr Day
24 hr Night
36 hr Day
36 hr Night
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.