UCI Health Fountain Valley , CA 92708
Posted 2 weeks ago
Position Summary: The manager has a 24-hour, 7 day a week responsibility to provide leadership, management, administration and supervision for the cost center(s). This includes planning, organizing, staff development, performance management, quality fiscal and information management, regulatory compliance, daily operations, building and enhancing relationships through customer relations and appropriate professional involvement. The manager is accountable for the management of the cost center(s) within the established budget. The manager will work closely with directors, ancillary staff, managers, medical directors, medical department chairs, physicians and other disciplines to develop services and ensure quality. Manager will have access to all pertinent patient health information.
Essential Duties:
Provides leadership to the staff related to care of the specific patient population/department and associated administrative management
Demonstrates knowledge of growth, development and problem solves
Understands range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served
Ensures standards of care and policies and procedures are current, evidence based, appropriate and are reviewed with all department staff
Develops short and long term goals, actions plans, objectives and initiatives and present to department director to ensure alignment with both departmental and organizational goals. Effectively executes goals, action plans, objectives and initiatives
Ensures departmental action plans meet departmental and organizational goals
Ensures regulatory compliance
Submits, updates and ensures adherence with budget
Attends leadership meetings and serves on hospital/departmental committees
Ensures compliance with labor benchmarks of department specific units of service
Performs scheduling, time card adherence and submits pay period productivity variance reports identifying rationale for variance and follow up actions to correct
Controls and monitors supply costs to achieve flexed budgeted costs
Reviews statistical analysis information and corrects
Identifies and implements cost savings through labor and supply utilization efficiencies
Ensures sound staffing, anticipates and forecasts personnel needed, maintains staffing plan consistent with departments productivity benchmark, active in recruiting, interviewing, hiring and training
Maintains individual patient classification system which predicts nursing care requirements by shift and maintains documentation to discern trends and patterns of nursing care delivery by shift and staff mix
Ensures performance evaluations are completed on time and criteria-based job performance standards, and applicable competencies, are current with each staff member
Assesses and implements staff development, recognition and cross-training
Collaborates with coordination of hospital orientation, interviewing, mandatory continuing education programs and department specific orientation of all department staff
Provides feedback and effective counseling to staff in a timely manner
Maintains personal knowledge and expertise in department specific area
Supports other departments within the facility and maintains good rapport
Ensures a routine mode of communication with staff on a regular basis
Communicates self or staff concerns or problems through proper verbal or written channels
Ensures hospital mission, vision and values are maintained and upheld
Demonstrates effective and responsible relationships with patients, families, medical directors, physicians, employees, management, administration and related outside agencies
Ensures timely follow up of patient, family, staff and physician concerns
Identifies and executes ways to increase quality, service and satisfaction to increase PSMS scores
Achieves measurable improvements in key quality initiatives
Other duties as assigned by department director
Competencies Required:
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Required: • Current California RN license, or the ability to obtain California RN license before start date.
BSN
Three (3) years clinical experience
At least two (2) years in a healthcare leadership role
Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (maintained current at all times)
Excellent customer service skills.
Demonstrated experience in leading patient experience initiatives.
Effective verbal, written and listening skills
Ability to independently manage priorities
Current knowledge of the field with evidence of ongoing continued education
Proficiency in multiple standard healthcare computer programs (e.g., CERNER, KRONOS, etc.)
WCC & HBO Certified (for Wound Care Nursing Manager only)
The hospital, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to combine any of the above required experiences, or to consider applicants other work related experience in order to meet the above mentioned requirements.
Preferred: Masters preferred
Age Specific Requirements: This position has clinical contact with the following age groups. Adult Geriatrics
Mandatory Requirements
Hospital Mandatory Education Requirements: Orientation, Environment of Care, OSHA, Infection control, Abuse/Neglect, Ethics, etc. Tuberculosis Screening
Fit Mask Testing
ACLS
BLS
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