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Charge Nurse II - Ambulatory Care
Location: Santa Cruz, CA Additional Locations:Job Number: 830835 Date posted: 11/21/2019
Essential Functions:
The Charge Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, & behaviors:
- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when & where appropriate to do so.
- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.
- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs & availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, & supplies).
- Identifies patient/family learning needs & acts to meet them.
- Demonstrates an awareness of & sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural & ethical beliefs.
- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.
- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.
- Acknowledges staff rights & cultural & ethical beliefs.
- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.
- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.
- Utilizes effective communication methods & skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.
- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified by the institution.
- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit & department personnel.
- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality & risk management in all aspects of patient care & unit functioning.
- Participates in unit & department Performance Improvement activities.
- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.
- Identifies & solves problems effectively.
- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.
- Provides data for staffing decisions & demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers & telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking & conveying information.
- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.
- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, & applicable state, federal & local laws.
- Provides professional leadership & direction of department personnel in order to maintain efficient delivery of effective patient care.
- Mentors, orients, & coaches others in unit specific operations & patient care activities.
- Shares responsibility & authority w/subordinates & holds them accountable for performance.
- Demonstrates ability to identify & resolve problems in collaboration w/work team & w/other departments.
- The incumbent motivates & provides clinical direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire, discipline, nor effective input into such.
- At least two (2) years of practicing as a Registered Nurse.
- At least two (2) years of recent full-time or part-time equivalent experience in the ambulatory care setting &/or specialty area.
- AMBULATORY CARE GENERALIST - 2 years acute care experience. 6 months recent (within the last 3 years) experience in an ambulatory care setting. Leadership experience preferred.
- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.
- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS and/or PEARS and/or NRP may also be required for this position.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.
- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).
- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.
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