Assistant Nurse Manager

01 Kaweah Delta Health Care District; Visalia (CA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Kaweah Health benefits

Job summary

Kaweah Health in Visalia, CA, seeks an experienced nurse leader to oversee operations on a 56-bed unit, supervising staff, ensuring regulatory compliance, and coordinating patient care across units.

Under Nurse Manager guidance, this role requires CA RN license, BLS, and supervisory experience; the incumbent will champion quality care, staff development, and effective communication with physicians and departments.

Qualifications

• CA RN license and BLS required.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field preferred.
• Supervisory experience or training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Under the Nurse Manager, understands utilization and case management principles.
• Ensures timely patient care and coordination across services and sites.
• Maintains excellent service while aligning with medical staff needs.
• Monitors daily rounds and patient care documentation for regulatory compliance.
• Uses HR policies to ensure staffing aligns with the unit plan.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Education

CA RN license

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California. With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics. Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care. It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health. We serve a region where the needs are great, which makes the rewards even greater. Every day, we care for people facing unique challenges and in need of healing. Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do — in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.

Benefits & Work Shift

Benefits Eligible Full-Time Benefit Eligible Work Shift Variable - 8 Hour or less Shift (United States of America) Department 6440 Acute Rehab

Under the direction of the nurse manager, the purpose of this position is to assist with oversight of efficient operations to meet the holistic needs of the patients and families served. Demonstrates high-level leadership accountability in assuring staff competency, financial responsibility, and enhancing Kaweah Health's mission and vision to achieve strategic priorities.

Variable shift position 40 hours M-F 8 hour shifts, 1 weekend on call every 4 weeks.

56 bed unit with average census 50.

Direct reports 110, Types of cases- Stroke, amputee, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Generalized debilitation, Trauma rehabilitation.

Qualifications

License /Certification Required: CA RN license BLS Kaweah Health approved crisis intervention training within 60 days of hire/transfer.

Education Preferred: Bachelor's degree in relevant field within three years of hire/transfer.

Experience Preferred: Expertise in clinical area Supervisory experience or training.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Excellent written and oral communication skills. Effective interpersonal skills, critical thinking and creative problem solving.

Department Specific Requirements If assigned to Dialysis: requires dialysis experience within the last three years; nephrology certification preferred.

Job Responsibilities

• Essential Understands the principles of utilization and case management.
• Ensures that patient care needs are met in a timely manner and that patient care is coordinated across the continuum of services and sites.
• Demonstrates awareness of the needs and preferences of the medical care providers and provides excellent service.
• Monitors patients daily through rounds and feedback.
• Monitors patient care documentation to ensure the adequacy of patient information and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Uses the Statement of Concern process to report patient care issues.
• Uses patient satisfaction data to improve care and service.
• Knows and utilizes the Medical Staff and Kaweah Health chains-of-command.
• Collaborates with the Nurse Manager/ Educator on the orientation plan for new staff.
• Identifies performance or education issues through observation, monitoring patient care outcomes and processes, and promptly communicates concerns to appropriate Nurse Manager and Educator.
• Assesses float staff and determines the minimal competencies for staff floated into areas supervised.
• Utilizes HR policies and procedures to ensure Kaweah Health employment standards are met.
• Provides adequate staff resources for carrying out the unit plan of care: Demonstrates knowledge of patient classification tools and Title 22 requirements related to patient classification.
• Uses the patient classification tool to direct staffing.
• Holds staff accountable for knowledge of and use of patient classification.
• Participates in interviewing new employees.
• Assists in recruitment and retention of staff.
• Contributes to staff development by assuring continuing education and in-services are available to staff.
• Communicates effectively with key constituencies: Seeks and listens to feedback from key stakeholders: patients, physicians, staff, and other departments/units.
• Communicates effectively with other patient care leaders.
• Communicates and cooperates with Nurse Managers, Directors, Nursing Supervisor, and Staffing Facilitators to ensure patient care and staffing resources are coordinated.
• Actively participates in assigned meetings and projects.
• Responds promptly to communication from others.
• Uses e-mail responsibly.
• Coordinates patient care and service between Units and KH departments/disciplines.
• Practice is guided by the Code for Nurses: Decisions and actions on behalf of patients/residents and staff are determined in an ethical manner.
• Maintains patient confidentiality within legal and regulatory parameters.
• Acts as a patient advocate and coaches/mentors staff in advocating for patients.
• Role models the delivery of patient care in a nonjudgmental and nondiscriminatory manner that preserves patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Additional Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and services appropriate to the population served on the assigned unit or work area.
• Knowledgeable of growth and development for all patient/family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age specific needs.
• Able to effectively communicate and care for patient and family as reflected in the Plan for Provision of Care.

Pay Range

Pay Range $53.27 -$79.91

If you want to use your talents alongside people who face each day with courage and purpose, in an environment that empowers you to do your absolute best, this is where you belong. Keep growing your career! Kaweah Health is committed to a culture that delivers personal, professional, and compassionate experiences for every person, every time.