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Kaiser Associates · 22 hours ago

Level III Staff RN - ZION - Ambulatory Infusion - FT (40) 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$54/hr - $74/hr

1+ years exp

Kaiser is a healthcare organization seeking a Level III Staff RN for their Ambulatory Infusion Center. The role involves providing professional nursing care, leading the healthcare team, and ensuring quality patient care in accordance with established standards.

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Responsibilities

Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws

Serves as a leader of the health care team; delegates tasks appropriately, and demonstrates appropriate accountability

Understands own and team members scope of practice and escalates issues as appropriate

Demonstrates professional, supportive behavior

Champions new ideas

Leads and directs others through the change process

Utilizes communication strategies including chain of command and issue escalation, which result in intended outcomes

Participates in problem identification and resolution

Mentors, orients, and coaches others in unit specific operations and patient care activities

Shares responsibility and authority with subordinates and holds him/her accountable for performance

Demonstrates ability to problem solve with other departments in order to assist member problem resolution

Prioritizes, delegates, and supervises work assignments appropriately to ensure completion of patient care activities

Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice

Develops and/or contributes to the individualized plan of care that reflects assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of that plan

Ensures plan shows multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and education

Ensures plan is reflective of admission or outpatient database, on-going findings, age appropriate care, cultural specific needs, and appropriate acuity

Ensures plan is discussed with patient, family/significant others, and completed in a timely manner

Monitors the patients progress based on the plan

Revises plan on ongoing basis based on patient condition and evaluation of progress

Ensures care meets standards of practice

Ensures effective development and completion of discharge plan including discharge barriers and patient/family education. Ensures that patient clearly understands discharge instructions. In outpatient, identify barriers and needs for patient/family education that will facilitate the outpatient medical management plan

Ensures patient safety related but not limited to, medications and procedures utilizing the five rights; patient falls; decubitus prevention and prevention of nosocomial infections

Ensures optimal pain control and patient comfort; identifies and discusses patient anxieties, fears or concerns regarding patient condition, treatment or discharge

Ensures that patient understands medication purpose, side effects, and administration instructions in the hospital as well as at the time of discharge

Charting is accurate, legible, dated, and timed

Documentation reflects nursing process and interventions and evaluations taken

Utilizes computer systems effectively and efficiently for optimal patient care

Discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes with physicians and other members of the health care team

Demonstrates competencies during the probationary period and ongoing completion by departmental competency validation

Make comprehensive nursing decisions based on interpretation of data, assessments, and evaluations of patient outcomes

Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing, and improving

Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices

Applies standard precautions; maintains a safe environment for self and others

Practices customer service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and specified department

Promptly answers call lights, alarms, and patient requests

Makes appropriate referrals and facilitates the customers ability to utilize resources

Maintains and protects patient confidentiality

Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment

Treats all families of patients with courtesy, respect, kindness and compassion

Provides an optimal patient care experience by actively listening to the needs of patients and family members and taking responsibility for meeting those identified needs

Gives patients information in a way they can understand and ensures comprehension

Provides a patient care experience that exceeds members expectations

Viewed by others to be an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others

Confronts difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance

Takes accountability for own actions and accepts constructive criticism

Acts as a resource, preceptor, and mentor to new employees, registry, students, and other team members

Attends all mandatory meetings, in-services and staff meetings as required, actively participates in other departmental professional development. (Requirement may vary for per diem staff)

Participates with the assessment of current and future unit learning needs and development of an annual education plan

Keeps self informed of activities on the unit and makes recommendations for change

Adheres to Attendance Program. Reports to assigned area promptly, being present and available for report at beginning of assigned shift

Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment through unit based teams

Organizes work to minimize the use of overtime

Identifies and assists in systems improvement that needs simplification or correction

Utilizes payroll and non-payroll resources to their maximum potential

Qualification

Pediatric Chemotherapy CertificationRegistered Nurse LicenseBasic Life SupportPICC insertion experienceLeadershipCommunication skillsTeamworkProblem-solving