Staff Nurse - Emergency Department/Urgent Care

Kaiser Permanente • Kula, HI

122d

About The Position

Provides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care 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.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire.
• CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers OR Basic Life Support certification required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification required.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification required.
• One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of a formal course in area of specialty within a designated period of time after hire into the specialty.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with electronic medical records.
• One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty.
• Coursework in basic EKG.

Responsibilities

• 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 task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills.
• Administers medications.
• 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.
• Takes charge duties as assigned.
• Incorporates the Maui Health Vision, Model and Values throughout their Nursing Practice.
• Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned within the scope of their practice.
• May be assigned to another cost center; that may include other work locations on a shift by shift basis to meet patient care requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree