Under general supervision and in collaboration with other members of the health care team, uses clinical judgment skills to diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems. The RN is responsible for assessing, planning, directing, providing and evaluation nursing care for patients and coordinating nurses care activities with other health care disciplines.
Essential Functions:
- Performs accurate multi-system assessments, including: biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education needs and 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 and discharge planning with other hospital and clinic departments and community agencies.
- Develops patient teaching plan and documents on care plan or teaching plan.
- Appropriately delegates patient care activities based on patient's condition and scope of practice of other health care providers.
- Establishes priorities 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 and procedure.
- Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach when appropriate.
- Performs all necessary procedures correctly.
- Utilizes available teaching plans in addressing patient teaching needs.
- Accurately calculates and administers medications.
- Initiates appropriate measures in emergency situations.
- Evaluates assessment methods, plan of care, and patient's response to treatment.
- Participates in unit quality assurance activities.
- Demonstrate good physical assessment skills.
- Provide emergency nursing care to all age groups.
- Able to re-prioritize actions based on rapidly changing clinical assessment.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Nine (9) months of experience.
- One (1) year of current ED experience or successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente New Grad Internship Program in the ED.
- Previous health care experience preferred.
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or a related field preferred.
- Current Oregon RN License upon hire.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers CPR with AED.
- ACLS and PALS or ENPC within four (4) months of hire/transfer.
- Certification for Emergency Nursing (CEN) preferred.
- Trauma Nurse Core Courses (TNCC) preferred.
- Excellent critical thinking skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Desire to provide excellent customer service, display empathy to patient and family.
- Serves as patient advocate for excellent care.
- Computer keyboarding skills.
- Demonstrated ability to recognize and interpret cardiac dysrhythmias preferred.
- A desire and ability to function within the nursing process preferred.
- A desire and ability to function within professional and personnel standards as defined preferred.
- Ability to use and apply effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills preferred.
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 Opened:
12 hr Day
24 hr Day
24 hr Evening
24 hr Evening
24 hr Night
32 hr Day
32 hr Night
36 hr Day
36 hr Evening
36 hr Night
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.