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Clinical Nursing Dir RN

Qualifications: Current California RN license required; graduate of accredited school of nursing.BSN or BA in health care related field required. Master´s degree preferred in a related field such as nursing, business or health services administration. CPR certificate required. Acute healthcare nursing experience (usually eight (8) to ten (10) years) including five (5) years progressive management experience. Demonstrated knowledge of operations and healthcare management; Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO and other local, state and federal regulations. Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.Duties: Through department managers/staff, directs and manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which are integrated with business plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures. Ensures that services meet members´, physician and internal clients´ needs in a changing, competitive health care market. Accountable for the efficient delivery of patient care and support services within the service line for KP members by directing the development, evaluation and utilization of cost effective, high quality nursing practices. With Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and SCPMG staff, develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care at multiple sites/departments. Directs and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by managing the design and implementation of systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care across the continuum of care. Plans, develops and/or directs the implementation of service area and/or divisional initiatives within service line or service area which develop and share best practices and standards of care. Directs and/or delegates to 24 hour managers the appropriate delivery and level of services. Directs budget management and resource allocation; manages financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care and service. Manages and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety and risk management issues; hires, fires and disciplines as part of performance management. Directs compliance with administrative, legal and regulatory requirements of governmental and regulatory agencies. May assume responsibilities of Nurse Executive in their absence. Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente´s Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente´s policies and procedures. In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors. Kaiser Permanente is an EEO/AA Employer.Notes: Clinical Director of Critical Care, Dialysis and Step Down Unit.

Qualifications: BSN or Bachelor´s degree in a relevant field required or completion of a relevant Bachelor´s degree within two (2) years of hire. Master´s degree preferred. Graduate of accredited school of nursing. Current California RN license required. Current CPR certification required and ACLS certification preferred. Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department(e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually three (3) to four (4) years) including two (2) years of leadership experience. Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement and clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting. Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO and other federal, state and local regulatory requirements interpersonal and communication skills. Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.Preferred Qualifications: Five (5) years recent experience in the Operating Room.Duties: Supervises the delivery of nursing services and patient care within one unit(s) which are integrated with business and department plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures. Ensures that unit(s) services meet members´, physician and internal clients´ needs in a changing, competitive health care market. Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 or more employees or more than one smaller unit. Ensures patient care and quality standards are met and comply with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures, utilization and clinical/performance standards and measures. Supervises and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within the unit. Supervises day to day activities of the unit(s); monitors quality service and utilization standards; supervises shift(s) activities and delivery of patient care. Supervises unit(s) day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement. Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development and the delivery of patient care. Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level. Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care and cost effective utilization of services. Monitors the allocation and utilization of unit(s) personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities. Works with health care providers outside of the unit(s) to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum. Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models developed in unit(s) or by other units. Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care. Supervises the daily unit(s) operations, including human resources management, department and employee safety programs, and risk management. Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente´s Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente´s policies and procedures. In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors. Kaiser Permanente is an EEO/AA Employer. Notes: Days and hours may vary according to department needs. Position is for Operating Room.

Nursing Dept Mgr RN

Qualifications: BSN or BA/BS in health care or closely related field required. Master�s degreepreferred. Graduate of accredited school of nursing. Current California RN license required. CPRcertificate required. **BSN and National Health/Nursing Administration Certification or MSN arerequired for Pediatric and NICU Departments for facilities that are CCS certified or desire CCScertification. This requirement applies to Bellflower, LAMC, San Diego, Fontana and Orange County.Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing,medical surgical) required (usually five (5) to six (6) years), including management experience(usually three (3) to four (4) years). Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local,state, federal regulations. Demonstrated interpersonal and management skills. Consistentlydemonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior andculturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers,and vendors.Preferred Qualifications: Five (5) years recent OR experience.Duties: Through department assistant managers and staff, manages the delivery of nursing servicesand patient care which meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards andperformance measures. Ensures that services meet members�, physician and internal clients� needs ina changing, competitive health care market. With Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and SCPMG staff,develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care.Manages and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations bydesigning and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient carewithin assigned department and across the continuum of care. Ensures staff provide the highestquality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO, federal, state, andlocal requirements; establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards tomeet members� and internal clients� expectations. Designs and evaluates processes to improve systemsand patient care results across the continuum of care. Develops and monitors department�s budgetsfor the appropriate use of human and material resources. Monitors financial performance andidentifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service. Determinesthe appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train,and maintain the competency of all department staff. Ensures on going staff development. Develops,implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organization�s goalsand business objectives and ensures they are met. Develops standards of care and standards ofpractice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities. Manages and resolves humanresource, employee and department safety and risk management issues. Patient Safety: Accountable topromote an organizational culture of safety and ensure appropriate patient safety standards andguidelines are implemented consistently in the delivery of health care to our patients, includingbut not limited to: JCAHO, National Quality Forum, and Leapfrog. See Patient Safety ManagementAccountabilities Addendum for job specific accountabilities. Consistently supports compliance andthe Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente�s Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacyand confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethicsand integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local lawsand regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente�spolicies and procedures. In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistentlydemonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service QualityCredo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountablefor consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to providesuperior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers,contracted providers and vendors. Kaiser Permanente is an EEO/AA Employer.Notes: Days and hours may vary according to departmental needs.