Nursing Pathways

Kaiser Permanente Advantages

Working at Kaiser Permanente provides unique advantages for nurses.

In addition to offering competitive salaries and benefits packages, we present a diverse selection of work environments and locations. We want you to have the flexibility to grow your career, whether you are employed in a hospital setting, perform outpatient care, or work in an office. We provide the opportunity for you to experience all of these possibilities.

  • Kaiser Permanente allows you the mobility to transfer from facility to facility within Northern or Southern California and maintain your seniority within the organization.
  • Our nurses have multiple options for experience in different hospital settings, including ICU, NICU, Pediatrics, Adult Care, Telemetry, and Stroke Units.
  • Registered Nurses can bring their broad-based knowledge, nursing experience, and computer proficiency to a new and rewarding specialty area: Advice Nursing/Telephone Nursing.
  • Registered Nurses can bring their experience and skills to positions within the Regional Offices, such as Quality, Nursing Research, and Education.
  • Registered Nurses can expand their experience by working in the Medical Office setting in Endoscopy, Oncology, or Infusion.
  • Registered Nurses can work outside the scope of practice under a standardized procedure, managing patient care in areas including:
    • Asthma
    • Anticoagualtion
    • CHF
    • Dermatology
    • Diabetes
    • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
    • Hypertension
    • Laser Hair Removal
    • Cholesteral
    • Chronic Liver Disease
    • Multifit, Pacemakers
    • Pediatric Care
    • Varicose Vein Treatment
  • Registered Nurses can move into management positions throughout the region with either Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (KFH) or The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (TPMG).
  • Staff Nurses and certain nurses in expanded roles are represented by a labor organization, and are subject to certain union security obligations after thirty days of employment.

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