Staff Nurse II - Main Operating Room

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Staff Nurse II for the Main Operating Room at Redwood City Hospital. This is a part-time, regular position working 20 hours per week on evening shifts (3:00 PM to 7:00 PM), Monday through Friday.

As a Registered Nurse II, you will assume responsibility and accountability for a group of patients during your designated time frame. You will provide direct patient care in the operating room, circulating on a variety of surgical procedures across multiple specialties. Your role involves using the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment, instrumentation, and collaboration with other healthcare team members.

Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing systematic assessment and data collection, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, and cognitive status, as well as nutrition, pain management, patient and family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy
• Formulate goal-directed plans of care prioritized based on nursing diagnoses and patient outcomes
• Implement care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner
• Establish priorities for patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources
• Identify patient and family learning needs and implement appropriate educational measures
• Demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to patient and family rights, age-specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs
• Provide and coordinate care for patients and patient populations
• Establish effective working relationships with healthcare team members, patients, and families
• Delegate appropriately and coordinate duties of healthcare team members
• Evaluate the effectiveness of care provided by healthcare team members
• Utilize effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority as appropriate
• Demonstrate knowledge of and apply safety principles as identified within the institution
• Perform efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events
• Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own professional practice
• Participate regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel
• Demonstrate knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management
• Participate in unit and department performance improvement activities as directed
• Participate in nursing research activities as requested
• Identify and solve problems effectively
• Demonstrate a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and healthcare team members
• Provide data for staffing decisions and demonstrate flexibility in resolving staffing issues, including flexibility when floating to other units upon request
• Demonstrate proficiency in using computers and telecommunication modalities for documenting, tracking, and conveying information, including navigating Windows environments and learning electronic medical record systems
• Perform other related duties as necessary
• Demonstrate the ability to scrub as required

Required Qualifications

• One year of recent experience (within the last 3 years) as a Registered Nurse in an acute hospital setting circulating on a variety of surgical procedures in multiple specialties, OR completion of a Kaiser Permanente training program
• High School Diploma or GED
• Graduation from an accredited registered nursing program with completion of current hours required by the California Board of Registered Nursing for RN student clinical experience, OR graduation from a registered nursing program with either: (1) 2,000 hours of RN experience in the clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three years of graduation, or (2) graduation from an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and 2,000 hours of work as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three years before graduation, OR (3) current enrollment in an accredited entry-level Master of Science in Nursing program with completion of pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing
• Active California Registered Nurse License
• Basic Life Support certification
• Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice
• Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers)
• Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills in English
• Good interpersonal skills
• Available for callback within 30 minutes of the facility if standby shifts are required

Additional Information

If no qualified candidate is identified, the employer may be willing to train candidates in specialty areas. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into the unit.

This position is represented by the California Nurses Association (NNU).