RN Manager, Emergency Department, Full-time, Day shift

Adventist Health; Kailua (HI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plans

Vacation days

Job summary

Adventist Health in Kailua is seeking a nursing leader to supervise clinical operations and ensure high-quality patient care. This role consists of collaborating with staff and physicians to optimize patient outcomes while managing personnel and daily unit activities. Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in nursing, leadership experience, and strong clinical knowledge. The position offers a dynamic healthcare environment in the beautiful region of Hawaii with a focus on community wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or equivalent experience required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Five years of technical experience preferred.
• One year of leadership experience preferred.
• Two years of acute care nursing in a hospital setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee nursing and ancillary personnel to ensure clinical operations are efficient.
• Collaborate with staff and physicians for high patient satisfaction.
• Manage daily activities and schedule staff appropriately.
• Set goals for safety, quality of care, and compliance.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Clinical Knowledge

Team Building

Patient Safety

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Master's Degree

Job description

Located in Kailua, Adventist Health Castle has been one of the area's leading healthcare providers since 1963. We are comprised of a 160‑bed hospital, eight medical offices, home care services, urgent cares and a vast scope of services located throughout O‘ahu. In 2017, Adventist Health Castle was recognized with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence. O‘ahu is known for its ideal climate, diverse culture and picturesque landscape. The allure of Castle’s laid‑back lifestyle is complemented by its close‑knit and proud community.

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.

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 of leadership experience (Preferred)
• Two years’ experience of acute care nursing in a hospital setting (Preferred)

Licenses/Certifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice (Required)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS, HS‑BLS, or RQIBLS) certification from an 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, HS‑BLS, or RQIBLS) certification (Required)

Department Specific License/Certifications

• AHA‑PALS (Required)
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) (Required)
• Techniques for Effective Aggression Management (TEAM) or TEAM‑A (Required)
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) (Required)

Essential Functions

• Builds a high performing clinical work team by recruiting and retaining skilled professional staff, building a strong infrastructure with designated charge nurses and unit champions, engaging staff in developing action plans for needed change to create safe, desired outcomes, completing periodic evaluations of personnel supervised, coaching and disciplining personnel when deemed appropriate, monitoring attendance, and working closely with staff, unit champions, and the clinical educator to identify and meet educational needs.
• 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, 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.
• Conducts daily rounds with physicians and other staff and actively communicates, as needed, to coordinate appropriate care for patients and families, directs or monitors personnel in the performance of patient care activities, investigates and resolves patient care and operational issues, and initiates and coordinates individual and team conferences with health team members, patients, and/or families to revise care plans for optimal individualized patient care.
• Assesses the personnel requirements of the unit on a daily basis and requests additional personnel when necessary; authorizes and assigns overtime when appropriate, and completes monthly unit staff schedules on time, accurately, and collaboratively 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, timely admission/transfer of patients and forecasting admission, works with facility services to assure the department and equipment are maintained to be safe and operational, prevents complications of care including nosocomial infections, and 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. 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. 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 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.