Lead Clinical Nurse RN - Surgical Recovery (PACU) - Sharp Chula Vista - Variable Shift - Full Time

Sharp HealthCare; Chula Vista (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in California is seeking an experienced RN to provide leadership and coordination of shift operations in a defined clinical area.

The role requires California RN license, BLS, ACLS, and 2 years of recent clinical experience; on-site work with variable shifts and on-call. You will drive quality improvement and staffing oversight to ensure safe patient care across the unit.

Qualifications

• 2 years recent clinical experience required.
• California RN license (CA Board of Registered Nursing) required.
• AHA BLS Healthcare required.
• ACLS Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate shift operations in a defined clinical area.
• Drive patient outcomes and participate in quality improvement activities.
• Manage staff performance, mentoring and learning.
• Oversee productivity, staffing, and cost control on the unit.
• Ensure safety and regulatory compliance throughout the shift.

Skills

RN license

AHA BLS Healthcare

ACLS Certification

Clinical experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Hours:

Shift Start Time:

Variable

Shift End Time:

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement:

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

On-Call Required:

Yes

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$72.290 - $93.280 - $104.470

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

To provide leadership and coordination of shift operations in a defined clinical area.

Required Qualifications

• 2 Years recent, pertinent, clinical experience.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Leadership experience.

Essential Functions

• Achieve patient outcomes
  Demonstrates clinical competence in area of practice
  Participates in quality improvement unit activities based on unit focus/priorities.
  Performs one or more of the following:
  Assists with identifying clinical learning needs of staff and assures learning achieved.
  Implements systems to inform/monitor staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
  Implements action plan to improve clinical care of patients.
  Develops new area of expertise relevant to clinical area.
• Achieves operational outcomes
  Collaborates with other disciplines/departments to resolve daily operational issues when supervising unit.
  Performs one or more of the following:
  Facilitates staff in prioritizing and problem solving daily operational issues.
  Collaborates with Physicians to address operational issues.
  Demonstrates resolution of operational issue with targeted outcomes as negotiated with manager or director.
  Collaborates with other disciplines/departments to resolve identifies issues with demonstrated improvement in operational flow.
• Human resource management
  All 90 day and annual performance reviews are completed within 30 days of due date.
  Assures employee files are current and complete including annual PPD, CPR, RN licensure, safety test, etc.
  Performs one or more of the following:
  Orients/mentors staff into new roles resulting in achieved competencies within identified timelines.
  Develops staff's leadership skills, facilitating learning and growth.
  Assists staff to resolve identified learning/performance issues.
  Develops new area of expertise relevant to human resource management.
• Oversee productivity
  Achieves productivity score between 98-100%
  Monitors flexing, on-call, skill mix, use of overtime, per diem and registry.
  Performs one or more of the following:
  Identifies and/or participates in implementation of cost reducing or revenue enhancing ideas.
  Contributes to utilization of supplies in a cost-effective manner that supports delivery of care within budgeted supply expense per unit of service.
  Contributes to meeting budgeted salary expense per unit of service.
  Develops new area of expertise relevant to resource management.
• Safety
  Facilitates Workman's Compensation reporting and documentation per requirements.
  Demonstrates ability to handle situations not covered by written or verbal instructions that maintain staff/patient safety.
  Conveys importance and rational of policies & procedures and standards of care to staff and customers.
  Performs one or more of the following:
  Demonstrates resolution of safety issue as negotiated with manager or director.
  Trends staff safety learning needs and assures learning achieved.
  Develops new area of expertise relevant to delivery of safe patient care.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing; AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing