Staff Nurse Ii Jobs

The Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.

• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.
• Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.
• Participates in nursing research activities as requested.
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.
• Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.
• Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
• Identifies and solves problems effectively.
• Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.
• Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.
• Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
• Perform other related duties as necessary.
• Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.
• Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.
• Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.
• Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information. Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.
• Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.
• Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.
• Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them.

If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.

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.

• 1 year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in dermatology practice.

• Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and 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 and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation
• High School Diploma/GED

• Registered Nurse License (California)

• Basic Life Support

• Good interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice
• Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
• Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English)
• Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers)

PrimaryLocation : California,Santa Clara,Santa Clara Medical Offices
HoursPerWeek : 40
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri,
WorkingHoursStart : 09:00 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 05:30 PM
Job Schedule : Full-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : A10|NNU|California Nurse's Association
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Job Category : Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners
Department : Santa Clara Homestead Hospital - Dermatology - 0206
Travel : No
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.