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Emergency Room RN - FT Nights

Health eCareers, San Diego, California, United States, 92189

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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.

Essential Responsibilities

Leadership: 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.

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 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, implementation, and evaluation of 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 the patient's 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 discharge barriers and patient/family education.

Ensures patient clearly understands discharge instructions…

Ensures patient safety related but not limited to medications, 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 patient understands medication purpose, side effects, and administration instructions at hospital and 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 customer's 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.

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, available for report at the 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.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Health Care Provider

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