Details
Posted: 06-May-22
Location: San Diego, California
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: Masters
Categories:
General Nursing
Sector:
Public Health
Internal Number: JR119840
At Sharp HealthCare, you’ll find the support and flexibility to follow your dreams. At the heart of our organization is a team comprised of more than 18,000 nurses, staff, physicians and volunteers — all on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. And a big part of that commitment includes making Sharp the best place to work. It’s all part of what we call The Sharp Experience.
At Sharp, our mission is to improve the health of everyone we serve. And as San Diego’s leading health care provider, we’re proud to touch the lives of more individuals in our community than any other health care system.
What You Will Do
Accountable for coordinating and ongoing development and productivity of work unit or units and for maintaining the quality of care within that work unit and/or programs. Assists the Director with operational planning and provides daily work direction to achieve unit level of care and organizational objectives. Contributes to budget development and maintains responsibility for achieving budgetary objectives. The population served may include adult and geriatric patients. Specific competencies to be identified in appropriate unit skills rosters.
Supervises staff, including hiring, coaching and counseling, and assuring performance appraisals are completed. Collaborates with Director, other Managers and educators to standardize, update and /or maintain policies and procedures. Assures quality care and compliance with internal standards and regulatory and accreditation bodies. Collaborates with marketing, Director and community care departments regarding the development, marketing, implementation and evaluation of programs. Assumes 24 hour responsibility and accountability for unit/units supervised. Participates as directed in the annual operational planning process. Executes priorities to ensure implementation of operation plan within the work unit or units. Promotes staff accountability and empowerment through formal and informal mechanisms.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- 5 years clinical inpatient nursing experience
- 3 years nursing experience
- California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing
- AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Nursing
Essential Functions
- QUALITY
Maintains quality patient care through use of clinical expertise, nursing process and effective supervisorial skills.
Participates in both unit and level of care quality assurance process.
Reviews or coordinates the review of quality variance reports for designated unit or units, identified trends, and develops action plans for resolution.
Identifies and trends learning needs of staff and works with educators to assure needs are met.
Assures that the standards of care are implemented and evaluated, and updated.
Assures delivery of quality patient care that meets all accreditation and regulatory standards.
Reviews, revises, develops, and maintains safety policies and procedures related to department activities and work environment. Reviews current operations and assesses appropriateness of and compliance with safety policies. Works proactively with Biomed, Risk Management and others to ensure ongoing compliance. - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Maintains operating unit or units within budgeted cost per UOS. Develops achievable action plans when actual exceeds budgeted cost per UOS.
Contributes to the identification of and operationalizes cost reduction measures or identifies revenue enhancing opportunities.
Maintains unit and or units productivity at 100% overall.
Participates in annual budget development. - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Assures that staff performance appraisals are conducted in a timely manner.
Coaches, counsels and institutes developmental and corrective action plans as necessary.
Assures appropriate staff and skill mix for optimal unit functioning.
Assures that all pertinent information is provided to staff through staff meetings and other forms of formal informal communications.
Enable staff to participate in scheduling and staffing. Assure schedule is posted within designated time frame.
Assists staff to access services provided by Human Resources, EAP and EQD.
Maintains up-to-date employee records. - LEADERSHIP
Effectively institutes change, supporting unit, level of care and organizational goals.
Maintains a positive and productive relationship with the medical staff, peers, patients, families, directors and senior administrator.
Identifies unit level of care, or organizational problems, develops and/or contributes to a plan to resolve problems. Implements and/or assists with plans to achieve resolution.
Demonstrates effective team building.
Leads and/or participate on task forces for system integration. - CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Consistently communicates in a positive and timely manner with staff members, Sharp employees, physicians, patients, and visitors.
Handles problems in a professional and proactive manner.
Demonstrates teamwork, cooperation and responsiveness.
Trends patient satisfaction and implements action plans as necessary to achieve patient satisfaction.
Identifies and trends the needs of the customers served and implements action plans as necessary to achieve customer satisfaction. - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Must achieve three of the below items to meet standard:
Develops and achieves goals on a yearly basis.
Belongs to, attends and participates in professional related organizations.
Participates or attends formal conferences or seminars.
Participates in community advisory board, task force, or other activities.
Other special projects or activities as negotiated with Service Line Director.
Represents Department on systemwide committee.
Participates in preceptorship programs.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Specialized, theoretical and technical skills acquired through education and experience.
- Managerial/Supervisory skills - demonstrated ability to remain flexible in rapid change environment and current health care dynamic climate. Two or more years in leadership position. Demonstrated ability to plan, design and implement and evaluate one's own work and to work independently with minimal observation or supervision.
- Human Relations Skills - demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively and to work collaboratively with multiple others of diverse cultures, education background, experience, etc. Demonstrated knowledge of team building skills and principles of self managed work teams.
- Political Process skills - ability to function well under condition of current environment; ability to collaborate with multiple others; ability to build partnerships with physicians and others.
Location: San Diego, California
Please note: Unsolicited resumes from employment agencies or other third parties will not be considered.
For a detailed job posting and to apply at: https://careers.sharp.com/job/la-mesa/manager-behavioral-health-services-sharp-grossmont-hospital-day-shift-relocation-assistance-sign-on/1031/24628284880
Sharp HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, we celebrate our employees’ differences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, transgender status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.