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As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

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

Leadership:

• 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.

Nursing Process:

• 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.

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 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.

Workplace Safety:

• Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices.
• 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 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.

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 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.

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.

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in a Cardiovascular ICU or completion of a Kaiser Permanente or equivalent CVICU course within past 12 months.

• N/A

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support 
   

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
   

• N/A

• N/A

Notes:

• If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will 8:00am- 8:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 12:00pm to 8:30 pm
•  First 6 months may require temporary work outside Orange County.  

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

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

Leadership:

• 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.

Nursing Process:

• 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.

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 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.

Workplace Safety:

• Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices.


• 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 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.

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 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.

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.

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D, or successful completion of a KP L&D course (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.

• N/A

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support 
   

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certificate required at hire

OR

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certificate within 12 months of hire AND Kaiser PPSP for Nurses - Fetal Assessment Monitoring Certification required at hire

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program
   

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
   

• May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.
• Ability to scrub and circulate as required.

• N/A

Notes:

• schedule includes rotating weekends

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

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

Leadership:

• 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.

Nursing Process:

• 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months.

• N/A

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
   

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
   

• N/A

• CCRN/IABP/CRRT preferred. 
• NIHSS required. 

• Must be willing to be trained for IABP/CRRT.

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

• Essential Duties: The Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors: Leadership: 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.
• Nursing Process: 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.
• 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 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. Workplace Safety: Adherence to Workplace Safety principles and practices. 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 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.
• 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 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.
• Fiscal Responsibility: Organizes work to minimize the use of overtime. Identifies and ssists in systems improvement that needs simplification or correction. Utilizes payroll and non-payroll resources to their maximum potential. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and the level of work being performed by the individuals assigned to this position and as such are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

• May be required to work rotating weekends.

• N/A

• Minimum of one (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care ICU/CCU setting or successful completion of a KP Critical Care course (which includes ACLS within 60 days of hire) or approved equivalent within prior 12 months. 

• N/A

• Successful completion of a Basic Arrhythmia course.

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support
   

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
   

• Applicants will be required to successfully complete a Kaiser Permanente Nursing Orientation Program. Note: Education/License/Certification and Qualifications required for Moreno Valley Community Hospital employees acquired through Kaiser Permanentes purchase of Valley Health Systems Moreno Valley Community Hospital: Employees shall meet the minimum position qualifications as listed on their previous Valley Health System job description.

• BSN preferred.
• ICU Specialty experience required. 

Notes:

• Will be required to work rotating weekends. 
• NRP not required.

• Exhibits excellent customer relations with patients, visitors, providers, and co-workers; shows courtesy, compassion, and respect; conforms to the critical service standards established for the department.
• Provides therapeutic patient care in accordance with the patients established by physician/advanced practice providers and/or a registered nurse within the scope of practice.
• Transcribes physician/advanced practice providers orders and directed by policy.
• Communicates directly with a registered nurse to institute changes in the plan of care; assists with and contributes to the development of a nursing care plan.
• Administer specified medication appropriately and accurately following the providers order and or standing orders within scope of practice.
• Executes treatments such as urinary catheterizations, placement of intravenous catheters, bladder irrigations and instillations, suctioning procedures, throat irrigations and enemas, and utilizing equipment as required.  Adheres to infection prevention and control policies and procedures.    
• Adheres to high level of disinfectant, point of use, peel packs policies, and procedures.
• Perform related patient care functions such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure readings, wound care, may instruct patient in various self-administered treatment or procedures; obtain specimens; assures correct culture collection.
• Assist physician/advance practice providers or other medical staff personnel with examinations and treatments by selecting and passing instruments, providing support and restraint to the patient, draping, and other assistance as directed or required.
• Within scope observes and documents patients condition by gathering signs, symptoms, and reactions to therapy, to identify unexpected and/or significant findings, initiates appropriate emergency procedures as necessary, and reports unusual conditions to the registered nurse/advanced practice providers as established by policy and procedure in a timely manner.
• May volunteer to start and maintain intravenous flow rate with Certifications, notifies registered nurse/advanced practice/physician of any problems. May discontinue IV therapy except intra-cath and central venous lines.
• May volunteer to start perform venipuncture/blood withdrawal with Certifications.
• Collects and processes specimens per policy, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.
• Provides non-compoicated teaching following the registered nurse/advanced practice provider/physician plan for education.  Report any identified learning needs and discharge barriers.
• Ensures cleanliness of nursing module/station, patient exam room, and proper functioning of patient care equipment by visual inspection, routine testing, and other related methods.  Provides a safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff.
• Utilizes effective verbal and non-verbal forms of communication.
• Performs in other departments or modules to which assigned as required by the nursing/department administration to provide and maintain the established standards of care and safety.
• Performs departmental back-office workflows including but not limited to proactive office encounter, successfully closing care gaps, patient outreach, access and/or nurse visits.
• Participates in staff meetings, and in-service programs.
• Assists in ordering and distribution/stocking of module/department supplies and equipment.
• Accepts verbal and telephone orders from the physician/advanced practice providers.
• Supports patient communication and message management including but not limited to patient emails, call center messages, and all other back-office messages.
• Administers pulse oximetry, humidification therapy, spirometer, oxygen therapy via mask or nasal cannula, oral, nasal, and trach suctioning, and sputum induction.
• Documents care in Health Connect per policy, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.
• Performs other related duties as assigned and required, including orientation of new employees.
• Assists in coordinating the discharge process.
• Performs all job functions within license certification and scope of practice.
• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.
• Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibilities (Kaiser Permanentes Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licenser requirements (if applicable), and kaiser Permanentes policies and procedures.
• Age Related Competencies: Skills assessments and validations are utilized to ensure that employees providing patient care to specific age groups (i.e., infants, adolescents, elderly, etc.) are proficient in identifying the special needs and behaviors associated with a particular patient population.

• Minimum Twelve (12) months or greater LVN direct patient care experience within the last three (3) years. Direct patient care experience may include medical office, acute care, home care services, and skilled nursing facility.

• High School Diploma or GED

• Vocational Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support
   

• Extraordinary customer relations and quality service are critical to our success.
• We seek candidates who can demonstrate these skills and are dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to our health plan members.
•  

• IV Certification and Blood Withdrawal Certification preferred.

 

Notes:

• This is an MOB LVN position with assignments in Pediatric, IM, FM, Nurse Clinics, Messaging and Patient Outreach

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

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

Leadership:

• 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.

Nursing Process:

• 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.

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 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.

Workplace Safety:

• Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices.
• 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 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.

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 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.

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.

• Minimum six (6) months of experience required in an acute or sub-acute facility within the last three (3) years.

• N/A

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support  
   

• N/A

• Basic arrhythmia required.

• N/A

 

Notes:
 

• If twelve (12) hour option chosen; shift will be 7:15 pm to 7:45 am. Back up 8-hour shift will be 11:15 pm to 7:45 am. 

Under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or physician provides nursing care in accordance with the legal scope of practice and within established standards of care, policies and procedures.  Demonstrates performance consistent with the Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan of the organization.  Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice and treats co-workers, patients, families and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

• Representative Duties:
• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Performs patient care functions, within the scope of competency, considering age related needs of the patient as prescribed by physician/health care professional(s) following established protocols, policies and procedures.
• Assist medical personnel with special procedures, minor surgical procedures and/or diagnostic exams.
• Assess and monitor patients condition and notify physician/health care professional for disposition.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by physician order following established protocols.
• Maintain equipment and supplies.
• Identify and arrange for equipment needing repair.  Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control Manual.
• Monitor patient flow and assign/direct other ancillary personnel as needed.
• Provide medical information and education to patients, following established protocols and guidelines.
• Document pertinent patient information, assessment and nursing procedures following established protocols.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Perform other duties as directed.  
• Patient/Care Procedures:
• Explain purpose and process of examinations, tests and medical procedures to patients, following established guidelines.
• Instruct patients on general health and basic self care procedures.
• Review, explain and clarify physician orders with patient.
• Instruct patient in use of home equipment.
• Administer patient first aid.
• Apply basic orthopedic devices, as ordered by physician.
• Apply and remove dressings.
• Execute treatments such as urinary catheterization, bladder irrigations, suction procedures and throat irrigations.
• Follow standard infection control procedures.
• Administer enemas.
• Initiate emergency procedures (including basic CPR) and provide emergency patient treatments
• Lift patients.
• Monitor patient vital signs.
• Monitor patients for bleeding.
• Observe machine monitors.
• Administer inhalation therapy.
• Participate in development of nursing care plans.
• Perform surgical preps.
• Prepare and position patients for procedures.
• Prepare patients for physical examinations.
• Provide therapeutic care as ordered by physician.
• Rinse and clean instruments and equipment.
• Sterilize instruments and equipment.
• Arrange for equipment repair and maintenance.
• Maintain clean work area.
• Monitor supply of oxygen and gas tanks.
• Complete laboratory, radiology requisitions and specialized test forms.
• Notify appropriate personnel of abnormal lab test results.
• Answer member inquires.
• Observe patient condition for reactions during and after procedures.
• Remove sutures following established protocols.
• Respond to Code Blues.
• Take and record patient vital signs, height, weight, etc.
• Obtain specimens from patients (urine, stool, etc.).
• Perform venipuncture and finger sticks to obtain blood samples.
• Prepare specimens and specimens for lab analysis.
• Perform urine tests (tablet or dipstick.)
• Perform vision screening using Snellen chart.
• Perform routine diagnostic tests, following established protocols.
• Perform skin tests.
• Assist as member of surgical team.
• Assist physicians with endotrachael intubations.
• Assists physician in obtaining tissue specimens and biopsies.
• Assist with proctological procedures (i.e. Sigmoidoscopies.)
• Restrain or support patients during procedures.
• Perform EKGs (electrocardiograms.)
• Assist patients with ambulation and exercises, following established protocols
• Administer topical or aerosol medication as ordered.
• Administer medications as prescribed, within scope of practice.
• Transportation:
• Transport patients to/from designated areas.
• Route specimens to laboratory.
• Transport laboratory specimens, medical records, laboratory supplies and materials.
• Transport office supplies and materials, patient related supplies and materials.
• Transport equipment, and procedures trays.
• Administrative/Clerical/Record Keeping:  
• Request charts/medical records.
• Schedule, cancel and reschedule patient appointments.
• Initiate follow up appointments with patients.
• Check in patients/members.
• Prepare outgoing mail.
• Locate personnel by paging system or beeper.
• Provide patient information to family members, following patient confidentiality guidelines.
• Record and send Faxs.
• Screen patient calls and take messages for providers.
• Maintain department logs.
• Maintain and update user manuals.
• Monitor and maintain protocol manuals.
• Respond to requests for information.
• Order medical supplies and equipment.
• Receive, store and distribute materials and supplies.
• Replenish linen.
• Adjust work schedules and/or reassign personnel as directed.
• Serve as resource to coworkers by answering procedure questions and assisting in problem solving.
• Participate in special projects and studies.
• Demonstrate safety procedures.
• Coordinate and monitor activities within the module.
• Function as team leader.
• Participate in department meetings.
• Train and orient new staff to equipment, general duties and procedures, following established protocols.
• Maintain proficiency in clinical skills.
• Answer call lights.
• Answer telephones and take messages.
• Call in telephone prescriptions, following established protocols.
• Assume other activities and responsibilities as directed.

• One (1) year of recent (within the last three (3) years) experience as a LVN in an acute/outpatient setting.

• N/A

• Vocational Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support
   

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required.

• Knowledge of Epic EMR
• Message Management experience preferred

 

Notes:

• This is an on-call position, days and hours may vary.
• Must successfully pass or have passed the bilingual test (within the last 12 months), or be active in the QBS program.

• Exhibits excellent customer relations with patients, visitors, providers, and co-workers; shows courtesy, compassion, and respect; conforms to the critical service standards established for the department.
• Provides therapeutic patient care in accordance with the patients established by physician/advanced practice providers and/or a registered nurse within the scope of practice.
• Transcribes physician/advanced practice providers orders and directed by policy.
• Communicates directly with a registered nurse to institute changes in the plan of care; assists with and contributes to the development of a nursing care plan.
• Administer specified medication appropriately and accurately following the providers order and or standing orders within scope of practice.
• Executes treatments such as urinary catheterizations, placement of intravenous catheters, bladder irrigations and instillations, suctioning procedures, throat irrigations and enemas, and utilizing equipment as required.  Adheres to infection prevention and control policies and procedures.    
• Adheres to high level of disinfectant, point of use, peel packs policies, and procedures.
• Perform related patient care functions such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure readings, wound care, may instruct patient in various self-administered treatment or procedures; obtain specimens; assures correct culture collection.
• Assist physician/advance practice providers or other medical staff personnel with examinations and treatments by selecting and passing instruments, providing support and restraint to the patient, draping, and other assistance as directed or required.
• Within scope observes and documents patients condition by gathering signs, symptoms, and reactions to therapy, to identify unexpected and/or significant findings, initiates appropriate emergency procedures as necessary, and reports unusual conditions to the registered nurse/advanced practice providers as established by policy and procedure in a timely manner.
• May volunteer to start and maintain intravenous flow rate with Certifications, notifies registered nurse/advanced practice/physician of any problems. May discontinue IV therapy except intra-cath and central venous lines.
• May volunteer to start perform venipuncture/blood withdrawal with Certifications.
• Collects and processes specimens per policy, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.
• Provides non-compoicated teaching following the registered nurse/advanced practice provider/physician plan for education.  Report any identified learning needs and discharge barriers.
• Ensures cleanliness of nursing module/station, patient exam room, and proper functioning of patient care equipment by visual inspection, routine testing, and other related methods.  Provides a safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff.
• Utilizes effective verbal and non-verbal forms of communication.
• Performs in other departments or modules to which assigned as required by the nursing/department administration to provide and maintain the established standards of care and safety.
• Performs departmental back-office workflows including but not limited to proactive office encounter, successfully closing care gaps, patient outreach, access and/or nurse visits.
• Participates in staff meetings, and in-service programs.
• Assists in ordering and distribution/stocking of module/department supplies and equipment.
• Accepts verbal and telephone orders from the physician/advanced practice providers.
• Supports patient communication and message management including but not limited to patient emails, call center messages, and all other back-office messages.
• Administers pulse oximetry, humidification therapy, spirometer, oxygen therapy via mask or nasal cannula, oral, nasal, and trach suctioning, and sputum induction.
• Documents care in Health Connect per policy, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.
• Performs other related duties as assigned and required, including orientation of new employees.
• Assists in coordinating the discharge process.
• Performs all job functions within license certification and scope of practice.
• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.
• Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibilities (Kaiser Permanentes Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licenser requirements (if applicable), and kaiser Permanentes policies and procedures.
• Age Related Competencies: Skills assessments and validations are utilized to ensure that employees providing patient care to specific age groups (i.e., infants, adolescents, elderly, etc.) are proficient in identifying the special needs and behaviors associated with a particular patient population.

• Minimum Twelve (12) months or greater LVN direct patient care experience within the last three (3) years. Direct patient care experience may include medical office, acute care, home care services, and skilled nursing facility.

• High School Diploma or GED

• Vocational Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support
   

• Extraordinary customer relations and quality service are critical to our success.
• We seek candidates who can demonstrate these skills and are dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to our health plan members.
•  

• IV Certification and Blood Withdrawal Certification preferred.

Notes:

• Schedule to include rotating weekends, holidays, and floating holiday within established seniority sections and Riverside Service Line

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

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

Leadership:

• 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.

Nursing Process:

• 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.

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 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.

Workplace Safety:

• Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices.
• 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 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.

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 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.

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.

• Two (2) years recent (within the last 6 years) PICU or NICU transport experience.
• Four (4) years recent (within the last 6 years) full-time equivalent experience in PICU.

• N/A

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support
   

• Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support Certification within 6 months of hire
   

• Basic Life Support 
   

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 6 months of hire
   

• May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.

• If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 8:30 pm - 9:00 am with an 8-hour back up shift 9:30 pm - 6:00 am.
• Required to float based on floating policy.
• Required to do primary care if needed.
• Required to do break relief if needed.

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

Essential Duties: 

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

Leadership: 

• 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.

Nursing Process: 

• 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.

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 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.

Workplace Safety:

• Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices.


• 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 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.

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 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.

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.

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Level III NICU or successful completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.

• N/A

• Registered Nurse License (California)

• Basic Life Support 

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program

• N/A

• May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.

• N/A

Notes:

• Required to work every other weekend

Functions as a Lead of the healthcare team, coordinates departmental operations that ensure quality patient care in a safe, healing environment that is patient and family centered. Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice. Has appropriate clinical skills to be an expert resource. Is available and supportive to employees and understands priorities/needs of the department. Is a staff role model for professional nursing practice. May recommend to management in efficient resource allocation by assuring appropriate patient assignments, staffing, and scheduling. Demonstrates performance consistent with the strategic plan of the organization and the KP nursing mission and values.

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

Leadership:

• Directs reviews, assigns and organizes the work of at least three (3) or more employees, of which at least one (1) must be another Registered Nurse.


• Applies the KP Nursing mission, vision, values and behaviors in daily practice.


• Understands needs and sets priorities for the department.


• Provides professional leadership and direction of department personnel in order to maintain efficient delivery of effective patient care.


• Coordinates departmental operations and delegates tasks appropriately. Is an excellent staff role model for professional nursing practice (e.g. RN/MD Collaborating for Outcomes, Just Culture, Quality, Service, and Safety).


• Supports and enhances the leadership skills of the staff RNs, LVN s, UAs/CNAs (and other ancillary staff as appropriate).


• Upholds compliance with Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, applicable state and federal laws and regulations, and accreditation and licensure requirements.


• Upholds the standards of the California Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards of Nursing Practice, and ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.


• Champions new ideas; Actively collaborates with others through the change process.


• Acts as a resource, preceptor and mentor to new employees, registry, students and other team members in department specific operations and patient care activities.


• Collaborates with or refers to manager/clinical nurse specialist/educator any outstanding issues or concerns on the unit.


• Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve problems in collaboration with work team and with other departments.


• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.


• Participates in activities related to patient flow, including admission and discharge processes.


• Facilitates inter-professional/interdisciplinary communication and collaboration.

Nursing Process:

• Serves as a resource for clinical concerns, scope of practice and applicable state and federal regulations as well as operational concerns of provider and staff.


• Possesses experience and skills to be a resource for providers, RNs, LVNs, USs/CNAs, (and other ancillary staff as appropriate).


• Demonstrates flexibility in work schedule to meet the department demands of the day; facilitates and relieves staff breaks.


• Actively involved in assigning, orienting, precepting and coaching staff as needed.

Documentation:

• Conducts audits and ensures that documentation reflects thorough assessments, incorporates physical and psychosocial findings, diagnostic tests, learning needs, barriers, multidisciplinary education plans and age appropriate care.

Clinical Outcomes:

• Participates/leads various aspects of department operations, staff competencies, department committees, Unit Based Teams (UBTs), new projects, quality efforts and educational programs.


• Demonstrates knowledge of patients specific conditions commonly seen in the department and care required.


• Interfaces with leadership, peers, physicians, other healthcare providers, and support staff regarding performance, as necessary.


• Actively participates, champions and motivates other staff in quality improvement in patient care, workflow, and improvement in clinical initiatives and working conditions of the department.


• Provides input on employees performance evaluations through daily observation and monitoring of performance.

Workplace Safety:

• Adjusts staffing needs of the department to assure quality patient care, patient and staff safety, efficiency, productivity and working conditions of providers and staff.


• Actively models Labor-Management Partnership (LMP) Workplace Safety principles and practices.

Patient Care Experience/Customer Service:

• Acts as a role model for staff regarding providing a patient care experience that exceeds members expectations.


• Ensures timely and appropriate management of patients.


• Coordinates smooth transition for patients across the care continuum.


• Participates in daily leadership rounds, documents rounding activities on unit rounding logs (as appropriate).


• Assures hourly rounds are conducted by staff.


• Where appropriate, assures hourly rounds are documented according to unit/facility policy or guidelines.

Team Commitment:

• Ensures support of the collaborative LMP environment through unit based teams (UBTs).


• Identifies and supports staff professional/clinical development needs (i.e. certification, presentations, and reward/recognition).


• Motivates staff to attain their fullest potential in improving performance, attendance, access, service and quality outcomes.


• Lead/facilitate daily/shift multidisciplinary huddles.


• Assures huddle messages are consistently communicated. Confronts difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.

Fiscal Responsibility:

• Participates in resource allocation (assignments, scheduling, staffing, equipment/supplies management).


• Collaborates and assists with leadership, physicians, and peers in staffing, workflow and throughput to promote quality patient care, patient and staff safety, efficiency, productivity and working conditions of providers and staff.

Professional Development:

• Attends Charge Nurse Educational programs.


• Takes responsibility for professional growth and development.

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute hospital OR, circulating on a variety of surgical procedures in multiple specialties, or successful completion of a KP Operating Room course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.

• Graduation from an accredited or NLN approved RN program.

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support
   

• Excellent communication skills including ability to read, write and speak English.

• Ability to scrub as required.
• The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.

• BSN Preferred.
• candidate must have a strong scrub and circulating experience.

Notes:

• This is a coordinator position for the following service: HN/ENT/MMO and AICD,

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

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

Leadership:

• 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.

Nursing Process:

• 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Pediatrics or successful completion of a KP acute care Pediatric training program or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.

• N/A

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support
   

• Basic Life Support 
   

• May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred
• Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN) preferred
• Experience in Acute Care Pediatric Preferred

 

Notes:

• APHON is not required upon hire, but is required after hire and when KP offers APHON course (which is offered once annually)

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

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

Leadership:

• 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.

Nursing Process:

• 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.

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 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.

Workplace Safety:

• Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices.


• 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 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.

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 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.

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.

• 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D, or successful completion of a KP L&D course (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.

• N/A

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
   

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certificate required at hire

OR

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certificate within 12 months of hire AND Kaiser PPSP for Nurses - Fetal Assessment Monitoring Certification required at hire

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program
   

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
   

• May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.
• Ability to scrub and circulate as required.

• N/A

 

Notes:

- Will act as Relief Charge Nurse when needed.

 

Under direct supervision of an RN or provider performs routine patient care, excluding administration of IV medications and venipuncture, following established policies, procedures and standards; follows Quality of Service Standards; follows Universal Precautions.

• May perform nursing care functions such as vital signs, removal and/or application of dressings for assessment by licensed provider.


• Cleaning or irrigating wound after providers assessment and instructions, shaving and skin preparation, ear washes, NG insertion & lavage, urinary catheter insertion & irrigation.


• Reinforce standardized self care procedures as directed by licensed provider.


• Recognizes and responds to acute emergency situation following established procedures.


• Orients patients to system policies and practices.


• Provides appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider direction.


• Reviews instruction sheet with patient.


• Administers medications, excluding IV medications, as ordered by provider.


• Observes and documents patients response to medications and therapy.


• May perform tuberculin, coccidioidin and histoplasmin skin tests, provides such tests are part of a tuberculosis control program.


• May perform immunizations provides they are based upon written protocols.


• Completes necessary arrangements or organizes treatment rooms prior to surgical and/or examination procedures by setting up or laying out instruments, drapes and sponges contained in sterile trays and assembling equipment items as required for particular procedures as directed.


• May assist licensed provider with patient examinations and treatments by positioning, restraining patients, and assisting as directed.


• Provides assistance in treatment rooms during minor surgical procedures and/or various diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping.


• May hold clamps or retractors, sponge vascular areas, and pass instruments as specifically directed by the physician.


• Assures safety of patient during procedures.


• May prepare and transport items such as medical equipment and laboratory specimens.


• May clean and disinfect instruments/equipment according to standardized procedures.


• Follows Universal Precautions. Reports incidents of failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or designee.


• Maintains departmental files, performing duties such as pulling file and assembling forms prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as directed.


• Initiates and/or completes diagnostic rest forms per provider order, telephones prescriptions to pharmacies, relays medical information from physician to patient, and relays information from patient to physician.


• Charts in patients medical record as indicated.


• May perform lab tests including urine dip-tests, acetone tests, hemoccult tests, tests to determine. PH, protein, PKU.


• May perform hearing and vision tests, glaucoma tests and visual acuities.


• Collects, by non-invasive and invasive techniques, and preserves specimens for testing, including urine, and sputum and stool.


• Participates in Department Quality Assurance activities.


• Performs other duties, as required, such as checking patients medical records for incomplete data and relaying message to staff personnel.


• Note: Specific duties may vary depending on assignment.


• Note: Bold print indicates the differences between an MAII & LVN.

• Ability to work effectively with the public.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sterile technique.
• Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.

• Ability to give and follow verbal and written instructions.

• Vocational Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support
   

• Current California LVN License and AHA BLS Certification Required.

• Available to float to all OBGYN clinic locations, do early, evening, weekend shifts and cross train in Sub-specialty clinics of OBGYN.
• Scheduled work hours per week will be 20-32. 

The Clinical Nurse Specialist role at Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region is a clinical manager who partners with the operational manager to ensure that nursing staff delivers safe and effective care. The role is built around the five role subcomponents as regulated by the California Board of Registered Nursing: Leadership, Consultation, Research, Education, and Clinical Practice.

• Develops area of specialty competency criteria for outcome monitoring of the staff.


• Assists in interviewing staff and provides input into evaluations regarding clinical competence, participating in the creation, implementation, and follow up of action plans for professional, competency development and recommending terminations when appropriate.


• Conducts cost/benefit analysis of new clinical technologies resulting in recommendations for implementation and budgets.


• Provides coaching and counseling to the nursing staff and other health care providers.


• Participates as a part of management in providing 24 hour clinical leadership by developing standards of practice, policies and procedures for a specialty patient population that are consistent with professional practice standards.


• Partners with fellow clinical and operational managers in implementing methods and processes in specialty area to support change in nursing practice, care programs and clinical innovation achieving improved patient/family outcomes.


• Evaluates clinical practice in areas of specialty to ensure community/professional standards are met.


• Manages high risk patients in the area of specialty in order to achieve safe, high quality, cost effective outcomes for the system.


• Rounds with the multi-disciplinary team in specialty area (any setting & includes community needs assessments).


• Evaluates policies and procedures for clinical nursing practice in specialty area integrating the evidence from systematic reviews.


• Facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration based on clinical needs of patient/family related to specialty area.


• Participates in outcomes research/evidence based practice projects.


• Identifies clinical quality indicators for specialty populations.


• Conducts systematic reviews in a specialty area. Implements methods & processes in area of specialty to sustain change in nursing practice, programs of care, and clinical innovation.


• Active involvement with specialty specific professional organizations as evidenced by participation on the professional organization leadership and operational groups (such as Committees) and/or participation at professional conferences.


• Develops, implements/coordinates, and evaluates specialty education programs for patient and families.


• Develops, implements/coordinates, and evaluates specialty training programs for nursing staff, including nurses in the communities.


• Leads multi-disciplinary project teams.


• Develops, implements and evaluates successful projects using scientific operations management principles and methodologies.


• Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding the delivery of nursing care.


• Develops, monitors, and supervises policies that integrate business and organization plans in operations.


• Ensures that patient care and quality standards meet and comply with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policy and procedures, utilization, and clinical performance standards and measures.


• Specific for Comprehensive Strokes Centers:


• Support delivery of evidence-based acute stroke assessment and management


• Provide expert nursing consultation and practice oversight


• Develop and deliver acute stroke continuing education programs


• Participate in performance improvement (PI) processes


• Participate in comprehensive stroke center research

• Minimum three (3) years of experience in area of specialty required.

• Clinical masters degree in nursing, in area of specialization.
• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.

• Clinical Nurse Specialist Certificate (California)
   

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support
   

• Demonstrated clinical expertise in area of specialty.
• Recent project management experience.
• Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

• Clinical Nurse Specialist experience preferred.

• Will work 2 shifts one week and 3 the next for a total of 40 hours in a pay period.

Under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or physician provides nursing care in accordance with the legal scope of practice and within established standards of care, policies and procedures.  Demonstrates performance consistent with the Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan of the organization.  Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice and treats co-workers, patients, families and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

• Representative Duties:
• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Performs patient care functions, within the scope of competency, considering age related needs of the patient as prescribed by physician/health care professional(s) following established protocols, policies and procedures.
• Assist medical personnel with special procedures, minor surgical procedures and/or diagnostic exams.
• Assess and monitor patients condition and notify physician/health care professional for disposition.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by physician order following established protocols.
• Maintain equipment and supplies.
• Identify and arrange for equipment needing repair.  Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control Manual.
• Monitor patient flow and assign/direct other ancillary personnel as needed.
• Provide medical information and education to patients, following established protocols and guidelines.
• Document pertinent patient information, assessment and nursing procedures following established protocols.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Perform other duties as directed.  
• Patient/Care Procedures:
• Explain purpose and process of examinations, tests and medical procedures to patients, following established guidelines.
• Instruct patients on general health and basic self care procedures.
• Review, explain and clarify physician orders with patient.
• Instruct patient in use of home equipment.
• Administer patient first aid.
• Apply basic orthopedic devices, as ordered by physician.
• Apply and remove dressings.
• Execute treatments such as urinary catheterization, bladder irrigations, suction procedures and throat irrigations.
• Follow standard infection control procedures.
• Administer enemas.
• Initiate emergency procedures (including basic CPR) and provide emergency patient treatments
• Lift patients.
• Monitor patient vital signs.
• Monitor patients for bleeding.
• Observe machine monitors.
• Administer inhalation therapy.
• Participate in development of nursing care plans.
• Perform surgical preps.
• Prepare and position patients for procedures.
• Prepare patients for physical examinations.
• Provide therapeutic care as ordered by physician.
• Rinse and clean instruments and equipment.
• Sterilize instruments and equipment.
• Arrange for equipment repair and maintenance.
• Maintain clean work area.
• Monitor supply of oxygen and gas tanks.
• Complete laboratory, radiology requisitions and specialized test forms.
• Notify appropriate personnel of abnormal lab test results.
• Answer member inquires.
• Observe patient condition for reactions during and after procedures.
• Remove sutures following established protocols.
• Respond to Code Blues.
• Take and record patient vital signs, height, weight, etc.
• Obtain specimens from patients (urine, stool, etc.).
• Perform venipuncture and finger sticks to obtain blood samples.
• Prepare specimens and specimens for lab analysis.
• Perform urine tests (tablet or dipstick.)
• Perform vision screening using Snellen chart.
• Perform routine diagnostic tests, following established protocols.
• Perform skin tests.
• Assist as member of surgical team.
• Assist physicians with endotrachael intubations.
• Assists physician in obtaining tissue specimens and biopsies.
• Assist with proctological procedures (i.e. Sigmoidoscopies.)
• Restrain or support patients during procedures.
• Perform EKGs (electrocardiograms.)
• Assist patients with ambulation and exercises, following established protocols
• Administer topical or aerosol medication as ordered.
• Administer medications as prescribed, within scope of practice.
• Transportation:
• Transport patients to/from designated areas.
• Route specimens to laboratory.
• Transport laboratory specimens, medical records, laboratory supplies and materials.
• Transport office supplies and materials, patient related supplies and materials.
• Transport equipment, and procedures trays.
• Administrative/Clerical/Record Keeping:  
• Request charts/medical records.
• Schedule, cancel and reschedule patient appointments.
• Initiate follow up appointments with patients.
• Check in patients/members.
• Prepare outgoing mail.
• Locate personnel by paging system or beeper.
• Provide patient information to family members, following patient confidentiality guidelines.
• Record and send Faxs.
• Screen patient calls and take messages for providers.
• Maintain department logs.
• Maintain and update user manuals.
• Monitor and maintain protocol manuals.
• Respond to requests for information.
• Order medical supplies and equipment.
• Receive, store and distribute materials and supplies.
• Replenish linen.
• Adjust work schedules and/or reassign personnel as directed.
• Serve as resource to coworkers by answering procedure questions and assisting in problem solving.
• Participate in special projects and studies.
• Demonstrate safety procedures.
• Coordinate and monitor activities within the module.
• Function as team leader.
• Participate in department meetings.
• Train and orient new staff to equipment, general duties and procedures, following established protocols.
• Maintain proficiency in clinical skills.
• Answer call lights.
• Answer telephones and take messages.
• Call in telephone prescriptions, following established protocols.
• Assume other activities and responsibilities as directed.

• One (1) year of recent (within the last three (3) years) experience as a LVN in an acute/outpatient setting.

• N/A

• Vocational Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support
   

• Must be available to work every Friday and Saturday, plus 2 additional On-Call days a month.

• N/A

 

Notes:

• This is an on-call position, days and hours may vary.
• Locations may vary including locations not yet open.

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

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

Leadership:

• 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.

Nursing Process:

• 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.

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 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.

Workplace Safety:

• Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices.
• 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 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.

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 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.

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.

• Minimum six (6) months of experience required in an acute or sub-acute facility within the last three (3) years.

• N/A

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support  
   

• N/A

• Basic arrhythmia required.

• If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm to 7:30 am. 
• Required to work every other weekend. 

As the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

• The Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:
• Leadership:
• 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.
• Nursing Process:
• 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.
• 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 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.
• Workplace Safety:
• Adherence to Workplace Safety principles and practices.
• 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 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.
•  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 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.
• 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.
• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and the level of work being performed by the individuals assigned to this position and as such are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

• May be required to work rotating weekends.

• N/A

• Minimum of one (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting This experience must be within the clinical area of specialty for the position of hire.
• If an inexperienced RN is being considered, and appropriate KP training program is available, will consider the following: RN/IPs -new graduates and experienced RNs not meeting above requirements:  Graduate of a Board of Registered Nursing approved RN program with completion of 768 or more hours of supervised RN student clinical training.
   

• N/A

• Successful completion of a Basic Arrhythmia course.

• Registered Nurse License (California)
   

• Basic Life Support
   

• Applicants will be required to successfully complete a Kaiser Permanente Nursing Orientation Program. IP applicants must receive RN license within 3 months of hire. Note: Education/License/Certification and Qualifications required for Moreno Valley Community Hospital employees acquired through Kaiser Permanentes purchase of Valley Health Systems Moreno Valley Community Hospital: Employees shall meet the minimum position qualifications as listed on their previous Valley Health System job description.

• Applicants will be required to successfully complete a Kaiser Permanente Nursing Orientation Program. Entry into the KP Nursing Orientation Program requires that candidate must have less than 6 months of RN experience. All certifications, including cards of completion and/or advanced certification must be obtained in accordance with experience requirements as specified by the department.

• BSN preferred.
• Telemetry RN experience required

Now Hiring Basement Waterproofing Laborers

Starting Pay: $20/HR | Weekly Pay

Are you someone who likes working with your hands, being part of a solid crew, and getting the job done right? At Erie Home, we’re looking for crew members to join our Basement Waterproofing Team. This is real work with real rewards. No suits, no desk, just solid teamwork and honest pay.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Work on a team of 4–5 people led by on-site leadership
• Install industry-best waterproofing systems that protect homeowners from flooding and mold
• Drill around basement perimeters and set up drain tile systems, while fostering a safe work environment
• Haul rock, gravel, and debris in 65 lb. buckets (yep, it’s physical)
• Crawl into tight spaces and make them watertight

What You’ll Get:

• Weekly Pay – $20/hr. starting wage
• W-2 Employee Benefits – Full medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus a 401(k) with company match and more
• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay – 2 weeks of vacation, prorated during your first year, plus paid holidays
• Exclusive Military Benefits – Tenure-based bonuses up to $5,000 & annual veteran appreciation retreat
• Realistic Upward Mobility – We value talent and promote from within

Requirements:

• Ability to work Monday–Friday, 7 AM to 5 PM
• Valid driver’s license with the willingness to drive a Dump Truck is a plus
• Experience in construction, landscaping, or any general labor
• Comfortable getting a little dirty and squeezing into crawl spaces
• Can lift 65 lbs. and climb stairs without an issue
• Able to use of heavy tools

About Erie Home:

Established in 1976 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Erie Home is a national leader in home improvement, consistently ranking among the Top 10 in Qualified Remodeler's Top 500 for 2025. With over 100 locations and over $600M in annual revenue, we are rapidly expanding into new markets, backed by decades of industry expertise and the support of Gridiron Capital.

At Erie Home, we transform houses into homes with industry-leading residential roofing and basement waterproofing solutions, protecting homeowners' most valuable investments. Join a company where growth, connection, and leadership drive continued success.

Erie Home is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, military service, or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Human Resources with your request and contact information.