Kaiser Permanente -- OR (Operating Room) RN

Operating Room Nurse (OR-RN)

Location: Kaiser Permanente

Job Category: Nursing

Department: Operating Room

Description: The Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members. One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care.

Basic Qualifications:

• Current CA or Multistate RN license.

• BLS certification.

• ACLS certification

• 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 and either 1) 2000 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 an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.

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Essential Functions:

The Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:
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Documentation:

• 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.

Clinical Outcomes:

• Discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes w/ 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.

Workplace Safety:

• Applies standard precautions.

• Maintains a safe environment for self and others.

Patient Care Experience:

• 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 customer's ability to utilize resources.

• Maintains and protects patient confidentiality.

• Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment.

• Treats all families of patients w/ 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.

Team Commitment:

• 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 w/ 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.

Fiscal Responsibility:

• 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.

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Contract length: 3 months

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Experience:

• Operating Room: 2 years (Required)