Job description

Job #1322914

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required (Master's degree preferred).
• Active RN license in state of practice required.
• Previous managing experience required.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, and CNOR required.
• Five years technical experience preferred.
• Two years experience in acute care nursing in hospital setting preferred.
• National Specialty Certification in area of expertise or in Nursing Administration preferred.

POSITION SUMMARY

Creates an environment where front line nurses and ancillary staff provide whole person care that is safe, complication free, and optimizes functional independence for each patient. Maintains a highly-visible presence on the unit. Collaborates closely with staff, charge nurses, physicians, and other department leaders to ensure that clinical operations are efficient and effective, and achieve high patient/family/staff satisfaction. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing and ancillary personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment. May be asked to float to other locations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Builds a high performing clinical work team by recruiting and retaining skilled professional staff.
• Builds a strong infrastructure with designated charge nurses and unit champions.
• Engages staff in developing action plans for needed change to create safe, desired outcomes.
• Completes periodic evaluations of personnel supervised.
• Coaches and disciplines personnel when deems appropriate.
• Monitors attendance.
• Works closely with staff, unit champions, and the clinical educator to identify and meet educational needs.
• Uses consistent exercise of discretion and judgment.
• Sets and strives to achieve goals for patient safety, quality of care and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Creates a culture of open communication.
• Develops strategies to improve patient/family, and physician satisfaction.
• Establishes standards of care for professional nursing practice that staff are held accountable to.
• Monitors critical processes and outcomes of care through audits, analysis of data, and complaints or incident reports.
• Exercises discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance, evaluating and comparing possible courses-of-action, and making decisions/recommendations after considering the various possibilities.
• Conducts daily rounds with physicians and other staff and actively communicates, as needed, to coordinate appropriate care for patients and families.
• Directs/monitors personnel in the performance of patient care activities in order to ensure adequate patient care and quality of work.
• Investigates and resolves patient care and operational issues, as needed.
• Initiates and coordinates individual and team conferences with health team members, patients, and/or families to initiate and revise care plans for optimal, individualized patient care as per care setting.
• Assesses the personnel requirements of the unit on a daily basis and requests additional personnel when determines they are necessary.
• Authorizes and assigns overtime to personnel when independently determines this to be appropriate.
• Completes monthly unit staff schedule on time, accurately, and in collaboration with staff members and management with minimal incidents of absence or unbalanced/short staffing events.
• Facilitates throughput through early discharge of patients, pull-ahead beds, and timely admission/transfer of patients and forecasting admission.
• Works with facility services to assure that the department and equipment is maintained to be safe and operational.
• Prevents complications of care including nosocomial infections.
• Conducts emergency preparedness reviews.

Note: pay rate is dependent upon experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $75.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Surgery

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• Acute care
• In-person

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hanford, CA 93230: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• How many years of interim leadership experience do you have?
• What EMR/EHR systems have you worked with?
• Do you have work history gaps of more than 30 days? If yes, please provide dates and explanations.
• Please list any professional certifications you hold.
• Please list all states in which you hold an unexpired nursing license.
• What is your permanent address (if desired to travel outside of 55 miles)?
• What is your Covid-19 vaccination status? If not vaccinated, do you have a medical or religious exemption?

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Experience:

• nursing management/leadership: 2 years (Required)
• technical: 5 years (Preferred)
• acute care nursing: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• BLS, ACLS, PALS, and CNOR Certifications (Required)
• RN license (Required)

Work Location: In person

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