Staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Psychiatric - $45-65 per hour at Kaiser Permanente
Wailuku, HI 96793
About the Job
Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Psychiatric for a nursing job in Wailuku, Hawaii.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Psychiatric
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: Ongoing
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, evenings
- Employment Type: Staff
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 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.
Essential 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 through out 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.
- N/A
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
- Basic Life Support OR CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers
- Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire
- 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. 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. Specialty Areas include: Operating Room, Emergency Department, Telemetry, Intensive Care Units, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Cardiology, Ambulatory Treatment, Diagnostic Imaging, and Oncology.
- Experience working with electronic medical records.
- One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty.
- Coursework in basic EKG.
Kaiser Permanente Job ID #1313657. Posted job title: Staff Nurse - Mmmc - Psych Acute Care - Evening 36Hrs
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