Manager, RN - Full time - Day Shift - Surgery

Adventist Health; Vallejo (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hiring incentive ($20,000)

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Adventist Health Vallejo location seeks an experienced nurse leader to oversee a defined unit, ensuring safe, efficient patient care and high satisfaction among patients, families, and staff.

You will supervise diverse nursing and ancillary staff, coordinate with physicians, and drive daily operations, staffing, and continuous improvement initiatives on the unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience.
• Master's Degree preferred.
• Five years' technical experience preferred.
• One year's leadership experience preferred.
• Two years' acute care nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Builds and leads a high performing clinical team with designated charge nurses and unit champions.
• Directs daily activities of the unit and coordinates care with physicians and staff.
• Ensures patient safety, quality of care, and regulatory compliance through audits and data analysis.
• Oversees scheduling and staffing, including overtime authorization and unit staffing plans.
• Coordinates discharge planning, throughput, and patient flow to optimize outcomes.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staff mentorship

Clinical operations

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient safety

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Master's Degree

Tools

BLS/CPR

Job description

Job Description

A $20,000 hiring incentive is available for eligible candidates who meet all required qualifications and payment conditions. Relocation assistance may also be provided for qualified applicants.

St. Helena Hospital is a 151‑bed facility located in the beautiful Napa Valley, founded in 1878. It offers an emergency department, medical offices, and centers of excellence including the Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute, Coon Joint Replacement Institute, Martin‑O'Neil Cancer Center, and Behavioral Health units. The region provides outdoor adventure, luxury spas, popular restaurants, and proximity to San Francisco and the coast.

Job Summary

Creates an environment where front line nurses and ancillary staff provide whole person care that is safe, complication‑free, and optimizes functional independence for each patient. Maintains a highly‑visible presence on the unit. Collaborates closely with staff, charge nurses, physicians, and other department leaders to ensure that clinical operations are efficient and effective, and achieve high patient/family/staff satisfaction. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing and ancillary personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment. Schedules, leads, and coordinates the daily activities of a defined unit on an assigned shift. Assists leadership in accomplishing unit and organizational goals.

Job Requirements

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required
• Master's Degree: Preferred
• Five years' technical experience: Preferred
• One year's leadership experience: Preferred
• Two years' experience of acute care nursing in hospital setting: Preferred

Licenses/Certifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Preferred
• National specialty certification in area of expertise or in nursing administration: Preferred

Facility Specific License/Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required

Essential Functions

• Builds a high performing clinical work team by recruiting and retaining skilled professional staff. Builds a strong infrastructure with designated charge nurses and unit champions. Engages staff in developing action plans for needed change to create safe, desired outcomes. Completes periodic evaluations of personnel supervised. Coaches and disciplines personnel when deemed appropriate. Monitors attendance. Works closely with staff, unit champions, and the clinical educator to identify and meet educational needs. Uses consistent exercise of discretion and judgment.
• Sets and strives to achieve goals for patient safety, quality of care and compliance with regulatory requirements. Creates a culture of open communication. Develops strategies to improve patient/family, and physician satisfaction. Establishes standards of care for professional nursing practice that staff are held accountable to. Monitors critical processes and outcomes of care through audits, analysis of data, and complaints or incident reports. Exercises discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance, evaluating and comparing possible courses‑of‑action, and making decisions/recommendations after considering the various possibilities.
• Conducts daily rounds with physicians and other staff and actively communicates, as needed, to coordinate appropriate care for patients and families. Directs/monitors personnel in the performance of patient care activities in order to ensure adequate patient care and quality of work. Investigates and resolves patient care and operational issues, as needed. Initiates and coordinates individual and team conferences with health team members, patients, and/or families to initiate and revise care plans for optimal, individualized patient care as per care setting.
• Assesses the personnel requirements of the unit on a daily basis and requests additional personnel when determines they are necessary. Authorizes and assigns overtime to personnel when independently determines this to be appropriate. Completes monthly unit staff schedule on time, accurately, and in collaboration with staff members and management with minimal incidents of absence or unbalanced/short staffing events.
• Facilitates throughput through early discharge of patients, pull‑ahead beds, and timely admission/transfer of patients and forecasting admission. Works with facility services to assure that the department and equipment is maintained to be safe and operational. Prevents complications of care including nosocomial infections. Conducts emergency preparedness reviews.
• Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.

Organizational Requirements

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Adventist Health participates in E‑Verify. Visit https://adventisthealth.org/careers/everify/ for more information about E‑Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E‑Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.

About Adventist Health

Adventist Health is a faith‑based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 100 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 440 sites of care, including 27 acute care facilities. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of more than 38,000 includes employees, physicians, medical staff, and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.

Location/Region: Vallejo, CA (94589)