Assistant Nurse Manager: Elevating Patient Care Ops

Kaiser Permanente; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in California is seeking a senior nursing leader to oversee care delivery and staffing in a large clinical unit. You will collaborate with physicians, outside providers, and health care teams to ensure safe, high-quality patient care across the continuum and allocate resources accordingly.

You will supervise staff, maintain equipment, and support patient/family concerns while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in patient care delivery.
• Minimum one (1) year of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Basic Life Support required at hire
• Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire

Responsibilities

• Recommends developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships.
• Solicits and acts on performance feedback; provides team members with feedback; and mentors and coaches to drive performance improvement.
• Supervises and coordinates daily activities of designated work team or unit by monitoring the execution and completion of tactical action items and work assignments; ensures all policies and procedures are followed.
• Aligns team efforts and standards, and measures progress in achieving results; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; resolves escalated issues as appropriate.
• Supervises hospital administrative functions to support patient care by: facilitating team meetings and/or management decisions and identifying action items, taking into consideration compliance timelines and financial commitments; facilitating and maintaining utilization and productivity to achieve performance targets; maintaining and ensuring collection of data, interpreting data, and taking action; supervising cross-functional activities including workplace and patient safety, labor relations, and quality/risk management issues; maintaining survey readiness activities including mock rounds and mitigating issues to maintain compliance and regulatory standards, and delivering requested audit documentation, information, and reports; and ensuring budget targets are met by assuming accountability for appropriate staffing, patient placement, and/or other relevant decisions as required.

Education

Associates or higher in Nursing/Health Care/Business or related field

Job description

Kaiser Permanente in California is seeking a senior nursing leader to oversee care delivery and staffing in a large clinical unit. You will collaborate with physicians, outside providers, and health care teams to ensure safe, high-quality patient care across the continuum and allocate resources accordingly.

You will supervise staff, maintain equipment, and support patient/family concerns while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and standards.