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Kern Medical Center is a 222 bed acute care teaching hospital. The Medical Center serves a community of approximately 650,000, and the hospital is owned and operated by the County of Kern.

Under direction, to be responsible for the supervision of nursing services for an inpatient unit or outpatient clinic at Kern Medical Center or Kern County Mental Health including the day-to-day operational and program activities.Distinguishing Characteristics:Incumbents in this classification are distinguished by being assigned to the supervision and direction of staff assigned to an outpatient service, inpatient units, a special unit or an assigned area of responsibility.Essential Functions:* Coordinates, supervises, and directs the clinical, operational and program activities, inclusive of unit personnel, on a day-to-day basis to meet unit objectives.* Collaborates with charge nurse to provide appropriate staff placement based on the clinical needs of the patients and ensure delivery of quality patient care.* Monitors, maintains and adjusts staffing levels according to units productivity, staffing goals and patient acuity with rationale for any variances; participates in data collection for unit based on quality assurance indicators.* Assures staff compliance with regulatory standards, governmental regulations and hospital standards and rules.* Assists with maintaining fiscal control of assigned hospital cost centers.* Supervises, trains, evaluates and participates in the selection of staff and initiates and participates in personnel actions in accordance with the departments human resources practices and procedures and organizational philosophy.* Plans, coordinates, directs and provides patient care orientation and on-going education to staff utilizing preceptors, staff development and existing staff members to ensure orientation to patient care philosophy, systems, policies, procedures,established standards of care and practice and to ensure professional development.* Performs unit specific projects as assigned by the Clinical Director or Mental Health System Administrator; prepares and maintains reports and records.* Establishes and maintains an effective working relationship with the medical staff, healthcare teams, patients and their family members and the public.* Acts in the absence of the Clinical Director or Mental Health System Administrator as assigned.* Supports and participates in performance improvement and risk management programs; represents the division on interdepartmental and interdisciplinary committees and task forces as assigned.* Serves as liaison during shift between assigned unit and hospital divisions.* Provides direct patient care as required based on staffing levels, patient loads and unit necessity.Other Functions:* Provides coverage as a Nursing Shift manager as required.* Performs other job related duties as assigned.Employment Standards:Possession of a valid licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of California and a bachelors degree in nursing.ORPossession of a valid licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California,an Associates Degree in Nursing, and a national certification in an area of expertise.ANDThree (3) years (within the last five (5) years) of progressively responsible clinical experience as an RN in an acute care facility at a level equivalent to Hospital Staff Nurse II in the Kern County classification system.ORPossession of a valid licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.ANDThree (3) years (within the last five (5) years) of progressively responsible experience as an RN at a level equivalent to Hospital Staff Nurse II in the Kern County classification system and one (1) year of nursing experience in a supervisory or leadcapacity.Option III - Mental Health Department: Qualifying experience at a level equivalent to Mental Health Nurse II in the Kern County classification system may be substituted on a year for year basis for experience at a level equivalent to Hospital Staff Nurse II.Possession and maintenance of a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) card.Dependent upon assignment specific certificates or specialized education in nursing speciality areas may be required.Knowledge of: principles of nursing and personnel management and supervision; modern principles, methods and practices of nursing and hospital organization; healthcare and nursing trends; quality improvement; principles and techniques of effective supervision and staff utilization; applicable Federal, State, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Title 22 standards and regulations.Ability to: coordinate administrative, operational and program activities; supervise, train and evaluate professional and non-professional employees; work independently; communicate effectively verbally and in writing; prepare and maintain concise and comprehensive written reports, and establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff and other hospital employees, patients and their families.

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Intermountain Healthcare is a nonprofit system serving Utah and Idaho. One of the nations leading integrated healthcare systems, ranked # 1 or 2 by Modern Healthcare for all of the past eight years, Intermountain provides world-class service in 21 hospitals and more than 140 health centers, clinics, homecare and urgent care facilities. Intermountain has a reputation as a pioneer in continuous quality improvement and clinical programs. Being part of Intermountain means joining a world-class team and embarking on a career filled with opportunities, innovation and fulfillment. Our mission is: excellence in the provision of healthcare services to communities in the Intermountain region which drives our 29,000 employees and more than 3,300 physicians. Doctors, hospitals, and health plans work together to take healthcare to new levels of excellence. Intermountain is recognized as a leading healthcare system and a model for what is right in American medicine.Members of this float pool work in ICU departments at Intermountain Medical Center, Alta View Hospital, LDS Hospital and soon to be Riverton Hospital.   This position is accountable for the provision of safe, efficient and therapeutically effective care on the patient unit to which assigned. Utilizing the nursing process, care is delivered in compliance with hospital policies and procedures, legal and regulatory standards.   Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing is necessary.  Must be able to transfer and position patients independently and safely.    Must be flexible and able to work a variety of shifts.  We have opportunities for full-time or part-time RNs.        Must have a current license as a Registered Nurse which allows you to practice in the state of UtahMust have a current CPR (Healthcare Provider) and ACLS certification.Minimum of 1 year of RN experience in an ICU department is required.Must be available to work at LDS Hospital, Alta View Hospital, Intermountain Medical Center and soon to be Riverton Hospital as assigned.Must be available to work budgeted hours in the float pool regardless of other Intermountain positions. Hours are not guaranteed.Must be available to work weekend and holiday shifts.  Weekends include Friday shifts starting at or after 1500 and continuing through shifts starting at or before 1500 on Sunday.  Monthly weekend requirements are based on average hours worked for that month. One Winter, Summer, and ´other´ Holiday are required. Schedules need to be submitted for the pay period one pay period in advance.Must have access to and bi-weekly use of email.  All department communication and schedule submissions are done via Outlook email.  

Staff Nurse II Opportunity!

This position supports Kaiser Permanente�s code of conduct and compliance by adhering to all lawsand regulations, accreditation and Licensure requirements, and internal policies and procedures.Kaiser Permanente is an AA/EEO employer.DEPARTMENT: ASC/Operating RoomSCHEDULE: On Call, 0hrs/week; SHIFT: Variable**NOTE: This is an On-Call position and the hours will vary. Schedule is subject to change due tooperational need. Overtime and additional hours are assigned per contractual lanugage.EDUCATION: EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATON: High School Diploma/GEDCurrent California RN License, BLSDepending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NRP and or PALS may also be required for thisposition. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.Experience Requirement:Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements forspecialty units.POSITION SUMMARY: The Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility andaccountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care topatients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, theenvironment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.QUALIFICATIONS: High School Diploma/GEDGraduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required bythe BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursingand either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute carefacility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocationalnursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours asan licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years beforegraduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completedpre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in CaliforniaMinimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialtyunits.Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practiceDemonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers)Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English)Good interpersonal skillsAlso refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.SPECIALITY AREAS: If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidatesintraining are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer intounit.Operating Room- Two years recent (within the last 3 years) experience in acute hospital Operating Room, working ona variety of surgical procedures. The ability to take call within the hospital required responsetime, work variable hours, and rotate weekends.REQUIRED SKILLS TESTING: N/ADUTIES Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing onphysiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain,patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursingdiagnosis and patient outcomes.Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resourcesof time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, culturaland ethical beliefs.Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remainingcalm, informingappropriate persons, and documenting events.Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in allaspects of patientcare and unit functioning.Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members ofthe health care team.Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, andfamilies. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffingissues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronicmedical record system application.Identifies and solves problems effectively.Participates in nursing research activities as requested.Perform other related duties as necessary.Supervisory Responsibilities: This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize andcoordination) to LVN´s, NurseAttendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.Compliance AccountabilityConsistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (KP´s code of conduct)by maintaining confidentiality, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics andintegrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable Federal and State laws andregulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and KP policies and procedures.

JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for patient focused, quality, effective, efficient, nursing care andservice behaviors of Operating Room (OR) staff supporting the practices of physicians and othermedical providers. Accountable for role clarity, communication, and performance management of OR staff so that the staff is best able to participate successfully as members of care teams. Supervises and coordinates the activities of OR personnel engaged in providing patient focusednursing care and related medical services in support of the physician practices in the medicaloffices. Partners with the physician leaders in creating a culture of commitment to patient focusedservice, excellent support of physician practices, innovation, compliance, ethics and integrity. Accountable for creating a culture of compliance, ethics and integrity. Maintains knowledge of andassures departmental compliance with Kaiser Permanente�s Principles of Responsibility and policiesand procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Respondsappropriately, including required reporting, to observed fraud or abuse.POSITION REQUIREMENTS: Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Colorado. Must be a graduateof a RN program that meets Colorado State Board of Nursing curriculum requirements. Bachelor�s degree required. Highly prefer Bachelor�s degree in Nursing. Three years of nursing leadershipexperience required.Three years of experience in an operating room required. Certified RegisteredNursing Operating Room preferred. Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) strongly preferred. Strongwritten, verbal and interpersonal communication skills required. Demonstrated ability to write & setdepartmental policies, procedures & standards. Demonstrated ability to forecast & manage budgets.Knowledge of regulatory agency requirements for ambulatory surgery, infection control, OSHA, AORNstandards & AAMI standards. Working knowledge of computer systems.ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervises, leads, role models and coordinates the activities ofOperating Room personnel engaged in providing excellent patient focused care and supportingphysician practices through the provision of integrated, effective and innovative nursing practicesand related medical services. Interviews, selects, evaluates, motivates, orients, trains,coaches\counsels, disciplines and terminates personnel in collaboration with physician leaders andin compliance with requirements of EEO/AA goals, union contracts, and personnel policies of theorganization. Continually improves service and staff productivity. Improves quality in partnershipwith CPMG. Monitors, identifies and investigates competency issues and service or support deficitsassociated with daily operations and overall patient care within the unit(s) and develops andadministers corrective measures in collaboration with Permanente physicians to ensure safe andefficient working conditions. Acts as a liaison between the physician group, the patient care unit,and the call center to ensure effective communication for overall patient care services.Collaborates with other facility leaders to design systems for providing high quality patient careservices. Ensures highest nursing standards and monitors clinical nursing practice and documentationwithin the department to meet and/or exceed appropriate nursing and licensing/accrediting agencyguidelines and/or standards. Is accountable for outstanding support of physician practices. Thenurse manager collaborates with the physician and the physician manager in managing labor relations.Coordinates and adheres to budgetary needs for operation of the unit in collaboration with medicalgroup leaders. Monitors quality assurance projects in collaboration with physician group. Maintaincurrent information and knowledge of all applicable Kaiser Permanente policies, local, state andfederal laws and regulations, and accreditation standards. Ensures that the training activitiesincorporate all applicable KP policies, local, state and federal laws and regulations, andaccreditation standards. Position requires working with interruptions, occasionally working withbio-hazardous waste, and working around machinery and moving equipment, such as wheel chairs.Standard medical office environment. May be required to lift patients using proper liftingtechnique.For Essential Responsibilities: In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable forconsistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente ServiceQuality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Alsoaccountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessaryto provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and topurchasers, contracted providers and vendors.Functional and Environmental Factors available upon request.SCHEDULE: Variable Hours & Days STARTING SALARY RANGE: $5,650 - $7,353 (Monthly)- Kaiser Permanente is an AA/EEO employer -

Southwest Medical Associates is the largest most comprehensive multi-specialty group in Nevada with over 200 physicians and 65+ Advanced Practiced Nursing and Physician Assistant staff. SMA offers patients high quality, coordinated and convenient care.

We seek an AANC Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner to join our adult medicine team. This is a busy (25 patients/day) and challenging (all age groups except pediatrics) clinic practice. As an NP you will be assigned a preceptor, and you will work in partnership with this physician. Providers are grouped into patient care teams to provide a smaller collegial workgroup and so other physicians are able to assist you when the preceptor is out of the office. Clinic hours are 8-5 M-F with no weekends and no call responsibilities. As a Provider team member you will be treated with respect, and given the tools you need to provide the best in quality, accessible and coordinated care. We enjoy an electronic medical record environment, digital radiology system and use hand held PDAs for prescriptions, schedules and notes. Other Physician and NP specialty teams at SMA include Endocrinology, Geriatrics, OB/GYN, Urgent Care, Women�s Health, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, Pulmonary, Anesthesiology, Neurology and Wound Care. We also employ specialty Hospitalist physicians to deliver and manage inpatient care and contract with single specialty groups in all other specialties. The partners we choose share our vision for treating the whole patient and involving the family in the care and case management plans.We offer salaried compensation plus generous bonuses.

Southwest Medical Associates, the largest multi-specialty group in Nevada with over 200 providers and 14 offices, invites you to join our Urgent Care/Fast Care staff. Over 150,000 patients are treated each year in our four urgent cares, most of who are insured through Health Plan of Nevada, our sister company and largest HMO in Nevada. Our staff is comprised of physicians and mid-level providers who are comfortable with a higher level of acuity and who are skilled in a vast array of outpatient procedures. Our facilities are modern and well-equipped, with on-site laboratory testing and radiology, including CT and ultrasound, and are supported by an exceptional nursing staff. Our electronic medical records are state-of-the-art, with digital radiology and electronic prescriptions. The main 24-hour office is a high-acuity urgent care, with an attached observation unit and chest pain center. The practice encompasses nearly the full scope of medicine, with ample opportunity to hone procedural skills.The schedule is M-F 8am-5pm for a walk-in environment or four 9 hr days. You will see between 15-40 patients per day with non-acute complaints. Additional shifts, which are paid at a premium rate, are also available. Importantly, our turnover rate is extremely low.We offer an attractive base salary, bonus plan, and comprehensive fringe benefits package, including medical, dental, and life insurance, STD/LTD, professional liability, matching 401K, relocation costs, three weeks paid vacation, one week paid CME with $3500 allowance, and eight paid holidays. Las Vegas offers the best in entertainment and cultural options, in addition to being an affordable metropolitan area in which to live. Also, Nevada has no state income tax. Warm weather, 300-plus days of sunshine, championship golf, hiking, skiing, five-star restaurants, endless attractions and entertainment choices are reasons Las Vegas is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States.

Our 13-week In-House Traveler Program provides the ideal way to explore a Med/Surg or IMCU position on a temporary basis.

Our 13-week In-House Traveler Program provides the ideal way to explore a Med/Surg or IMCU position on a temporary basis. With four distinctly beautiful seasons and 300+ days of sunshine its always the perfect time to experience the Colorado lifestyle at its fullest.Since this traveler program is run by University of Colorado Hospital, you feel you are one of our own.The University Of Colorado Hospital Nurse Traveler Program offers:- Highly competitive salary and outstanding benefits- Housing stipend and assistance- Relocation allowance to help you get here- Comprehensive orientation

Department: Pre-OP PACU Schedule: Full-time (Year Around) Shift: Days/Nights/Weekends Job Details: - ACLS - BLS - PALS - BSN Required - MSN Preferred In collaboration with the Associate Chief of Perioperative Services, the Department Coordinator manages the day to day operation of the unit to maximize patient safety, clinical outcomes, customer satisfaction and intra and inter-departmental workflow. Assures compliance with all policy, procedure and regulatory standards. Serves as a resource and role model. CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURECurrent Colorado RN licensureCurrent ACLS, PALSCurrent CPREXPERIENCE: Minimum 3 years acute care in PACU, ER or ICU careMinimum 1 year management experience in acute care setting

You´ll Find A Great Place to WorkVail Valley Medical Center

Department: Pre-OP PACU Schedule: Full-time (Year Around) Shift: Days/Evenings/Nights/Weekends/On-Call Job Details: - ACLS - PALS - BSN Preferred RN licensed in the State of Colorado and current CPR required. ACLS required upon hire and PALS within 6 months of hire. 1 year of previous Critical Care experience is required.

Effectively uses the nursing process to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment. Effectively assumes shift leadership by keeping members of the team informed of important patient data and of patients physical and/or mental status. Completes nursing assessment based on individual, age specific, developmental needs within 24 hours of admission. Is current with legal aspects around the practice of nursing and uses appropriate resources when legal questions surface.