Description: Job Summary:

Acts as the on-site administrative designee for the entire facility for off-shifts and weekends. Manages all the patient care departments, ensuring appropriate quality of care and compliance with regulations.
Essential Responsibilities:

• Manages the off-hours and weekend patient care activities. Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.


• Coordinates and monitors staffing for all shifts and maintains appropriate staffing levels and skill mix.


• Participates in developing, reviewing, and updating departmental policies and procedures.


• Identifies and implements best practices to provide improved quality care and services.


• Assess and monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.


• Acts as patient advocate.


• Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum.


• Follows-up on all clinical issues.


• Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related and developmental needs of patients.


• Supervises staff, assesses their needs and identifies educational opportunities.


• Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.


• Collaborates with all departments throughout the medical center.


• Assists in developing, monitoring and maintaining the budget. Identifies and recommends opportunities to reduce costs.


• Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.

Basic Qualifications:
Experience

• Minimum two (2) years of nursing experience required


• Minimum two (2) years of experience as charge nurse, preceptor, quality improvement champion or other related leadership experience.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire
  

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Additional Requirements:

• Evidence of training completion as preceptor or charge nurse.
• Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.
• Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum one (1) year of critical care or emergency department nursing experience preferred.
• Bachelors degree in nursing preferred.

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Primary Location: California,Santa Clara,Santa Clara Hospital
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 1
Shift: Night
Workdays: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Working Hours Start: 07:00 PM
Working Hours End: 07:30 AM
Job Schedule: Call-in/On-Call
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-NCAL-09|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Team Leader/Supervisor
Department: Santa Clara Homestead Hospital - Hosp Admin-Bed Control - 0201
Pay Range: $85.04 - $110.05 / year The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: No
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest

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