Job summary
Provides nursing care and services to patients/familiesDelegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policiesFunctions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver
Job seniority: entry level
Responsibilities
• Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate• Utilizes nursing process to deliver care• Performs any nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill• Administers medications• Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care• Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate• Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel• Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver• Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor• Takes charge duties as assigned• Incorporates the KP Vision, Model and Values throughout their Nursing Practice• Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned• May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit
Requirements
• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association• Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 12 months of hire from American Heart Association• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, detail oriented, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, prioritization, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, system thinking, teamwork, time management, written communication competencies• One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established timeframe (specifically for inpatient specialty areas and ambulatory specialty areas)• Experience working with electronic medical records• Coursework in basic EKG
