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

300 Sharp HealthCare; Chula Vista (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare is seeking an experienced RN to lead and coordinate shift operations in a defined clinical area in San Diego, CA. This role requires strong clinical leadership, staff coordination, and commitment to patient safety and quality care.

The ideal candidate will have a California RN license, BLS, ACLS, and 2 years of relevant clinical experience, with the ability to mentor staff and collaborate with physicians to optimize patient outcomes in a busy hospital setting.

Qualifications

• 2 years recent, pertinent clinical experience.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals required.
• ACLS Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and coordination of shift operations in a defined clinical area.
• Demonstrate clinical competence and participate in quality improvement activities.
• Collaborate with physicians and other disciplines to address operational issues and ensure patient care quality.
• Oversee staff performance, maintain regulatory compliance, and support staff development.
• Monitor productivity and ensure staffing aligns with unit priorities and budget.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Shift coordination

Patient safety

Education

California Registered Nurse (RN)

AHA BLS Healthcare

ACLS Certification

Job description

Hours: Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: 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.

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.