Manager, RN, Surgery Department

Adventist Health; Caspar (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Adventist Health Mendocino County seeks a Nurse Manager to lead a clinical team, ensuring safe, efficient care and high patient/family satisfaction. You will supervise nursing and ancillary staff, coordinate daily unit activities, and partner with physicians and leadership to meet organizational goals.

The role requires RN licensure in California, ACLS/BLS, and strong leadership with acute care experience. This is a facility-minded leadership position within a 25-bed critical access hospital on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in nursing or equivalent required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Five years’ technical nursing experience preferred.
• One year leadership experience preferred.
• Two years of acute care nursing in hospital setting preferred.
• RN licensure in the state of practice required.
• ACLS Certification required; BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• 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 appropriate.
• Monitors attendance.
• Works with staff, unit champions, and clinical educator to meet educational needs.
• Sets and achieves goals for patient safety, quality of care and regulatory compliance.
• Creates a culture of open communication.
• Develops strategies to improve patient/family and physician satisfaction.
• Establishes standards of care for professional nursing practice.
• Monitors processes and outcomes through audits and data analysis.
• Conducts daily rounds with physicians and staff to coordinate care.
• Directs patient care activities to ensure quality of care.
• Investigates and resolves patient care and operational issues.
• Initiates and coordinates conferences to revise care plans.
• Assesses unit staffing needs daily and requests additional personnel as needed.
• Authorizes overtime when appropriate.
• Completes monthly unit staff schedule with minimal absence.
• Facilitates throughput and timely admissions/transfers.
• Ensures department equipment is safe and operational.
• Prevents complications of care including infections.
• Performs emergency preparedness reviews.

Skills

Staff supervision

Clinical operations

Staff development

Patient safety

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Master’s Degree

Five years’ technical nursing experience

One year’s leadership experience

Two years’ acute care nursing in hospital setting

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Located where miles of breathtaking ocean views meet dense coastal forests, Adventist Health Mendocino County has a rich history serving community members on the coast since 1971. We are comprised of a 25-bed critical access hospital and offer a range of services in Fort Bragg. The Mendocino Coast offers a small-town atmosphere and is known for its natural beauty, from the smallest to the tallest redwoods in the world, to glass bottom beaches and the only oceanfront botanical gardens in the United States. With whale watching, fishing, hiking trails and many more outdoor adventures readily available, this coastal region is a place to immerse yourself in its landscape and history.

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:

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required
• 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 deems 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.

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About Us

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.