RN - Manager -Nursing Administration

Talented Medical Solutions; Lodi (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Talented Medical Solutions is seeking an RN Manager for Nursing Administration in Lodi, CA. This in-office role covers day shift for a 13-week contract with 40 hours per week and requires EPIC experience.

The position emphasizes leading a skilled nursing and ancillary team, maintaining high patient and staff satisfaction, and partnering with physicians and leaders to optimize operations and outcomes.

Qualifications

• 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
• RN licensure in the state of practice: Required
• CPR/BLS: Preferred

Responsibilities

• Creates an environment where frontline nurses and staff provide safe, patient-focused care.
• Maintains a highly-visible presence on the unit.
• Collaborates with staff, physicians, and leaders to ensure efficient clinical operations.
• Supervises and directs activities of nursing and ancillary personnel.
• Schedules and coordinates daily unit activities across assigned shifts.
• Assists leadership in achieving unit and organizational goals.
• Builds a high performing clinical team and infrastructure with designated staff.
• Coaches and disciplines personnel as needed.
• Monitors attendance and educational needs.
• Establishes standards of care for professional nursing practice.
• Performs daily rounds with physicians and staff to coordinate care.
• Directs overtime decisions and unit staffing on a daily basis.
• Oversees throughput, admissions, transfers and timely discharges.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Unit coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Master's Degree

Job description

Job Summary

RN - Manager -Nursing Administration

Talented Medical Solutions

Contract

In-Office | Lodi, CA, United States

Day Shift, 13 weeks, 40hrs, must have EPIC experience.

Centered in the heart of San Joaquin County, Lodi Memorial has been one of the area's leading healthcare providers since 1952. We include a 190-bed hospital, 17 medical offices, home care services, comprehensive cancer care, and a wide range of award-winning services throughout Lodi and the surrounding areas. Lodi is known for its small-town charm, extensive vineyards and delicious local restaurants and bakeries. The allure of Lodi's close-knit community is complimented by its proximity to major metropolitan cities in the Bay Area and Sacramento, as well as a quick drive to Lake Tahoe or the Northern California 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

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:

Our facility 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.