Administrative Skills, Anesthesiology, Basic Life Support (BLS), Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), Change Management, Chemotherapy, Clinical Competency, Customer Support/Service, Detail Oriented, Diabetes, Electrocardiogram, Electronic Medical Records, Establish Priorities, Healthcare, Identify Issues, Interpersonal Skills, Intravenous Therapies, Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse, Licensing, Medication Administration, Nursing, Oncology, Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN), Patient Care, Prescription Drugs, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Quality Management, Registered Nurse (RN), Resource Utilization, Team Player, Time Management, Training/Teaching
This position is a Hawaii Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Bargaining Unit represented position.
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 nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill.
- Administers medications. As appropriate, may administer intradermal local anesthetic for IV placement.
- 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 KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice.
- Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned.
- May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Nineteen (19) months of nursing experience.
Education
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
License, Certification, Registration
- Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)
- Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
Additional Requirements:
- For Oncology Unit: ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate by Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) to be obtained within one (1) year of hire and maintained thereafter.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in 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.
- Population Management: Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (NCBDE)- Must obtain within one year of hire.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with electronic medical records.
- One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty.
- Coursework in basic EKG.
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Kaiser Permanente
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