Sp Unit Staff RN - PICU​/Downey

Job Summary: 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.

• Upholds Kaiser Permanente 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 them accountable for performance.
• Demonstrates ability to problem‑solve with other departments in order to assist member problem resolution.
• Prioritizes, delegates, and supervises work assignments to ensure completion of patient care activities.
• Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.

• Develops and/or contributes to the individualized plan of care that reflects assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes.
• Ensures plan shows multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and education.
• Ensures plan is reflective of admission or outpatient database, ongoing 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 patient progress based on the plan.
• Revises plan on an 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 barriers and patient/family education.
• Ensures patient safety related 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.
• Ensures patient understands medication purpose, side effects, and administration instructions.

• Charting is accurate, legible, dated, and timed.
• Documentation reflects nursing process, interventions, and evaluations.
• Utilizes computer systems effectively and efficiently for optimal patient care.

• Discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes with physicians and other team members.
• Demonstrates competencies during probationary period and ongoing completion by departmental competency validation.
• Make comprehensive nursing decisions based on data, assessments, and evaluations of patient outcomes.
• Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing, and improving.

• Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices.
• Applies standard precautions; maintains a safe environment for self and others.

• Practices customer service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and specified department.
• Promptly answers call lights, alarms, and patient requests.
• Makes appropriate referrals and facilitates 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…