STAFF RN - HOSPITAL Y1 (MOTHER BABY) - MATERNAL - NEWBORN
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: October 22, 2024
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Job Description:
Staff RN - Hospital Y1 (Mother Baby)Description: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: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 othersPatient 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.Basic
Qualifications:Experience* 1-year recent (within the last 3 years)
full-time equivalent experience in mother/baby care or successful
completion of a KP FCC training program or approved equivalent
within prior 12 months.Education* N/ALicense, Certification,
Registration* Registered Nurse License (California)* Neonatal
Resuscitation Program* Basic Life SupportAdditional Requirements:*
May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal
area.Notes:*
Keywords: Disability Solutions, Port Arthur , STAFF RN - HOSPITAL Y1 (MOTHER BABY) - MATERNAL - NEWBORN, Healthcare , Pasadena, Texas
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