Education/Licensure/Certification: 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.Qualifications: Acute healthcare nursing experience (usually 8-10 years) including 5 years progressive management experience. Demonstrated knowledge of operations and healthcare management; Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, AORN standards and other local, state and federal regulations.Preferred Qualifications: AORN Certificate. Demonstrated ability to direct operations at multiple locations in a fast paced, high volume surgical service. Experience in a highly unionized environment, working collaboratively with staff, physicians, and other providers in delivering high quality, cost efficient, patient satisfying service. Experience with matrix managements systems desired.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.