+Clinical Manager (RN) - NICU

Overview

At Tenet, your nursing skills can make a pivotal difference for the patients we treat and the communities we serve. You'll work in an enriching, rewarding environment where you'll have the resources to surpass your patients' needs. For our part, we'll give you ample tools and support – like competitive benefits, personalized mentorship, enhanced flexibility, and more – so you can take your health career where you always knew you could.

Success Profile

• Innovative
• Advocate
• Collaborative
• Person-Centered
• Resourceful
• Critical Thinker

Job Description

Job Summary

• Shift: Nights
• Job type: Full time
• Hrs: TBA

Responsibilities

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Obtains information and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development.
• Understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
• Ensures that a current criteria-based job performance standard and applicable competencies exist for each member of the staff.
• Ensures that performance evaluations are completed in a timely fashion for both annual and probationary evaluations.
• Facilitates the appropriate completion and timely submission of human resource documentation.
• Appropriately counsels and disciplines staff in a timely manner.
• Interviews and hires staff.
• Covers for staff during absences.
• Coordinates timely attendance at hospital orientation and all mandatory continuing education programs for employees.
• Maintains current records on all employees at unit level to include yearly certification, current licensure, evidence of continuing education and compliance with unit competencies.
• Maintains an open communication with staff on organization, national health care and professional issues.
• Promotes sound staffing practices by optimizing the utilization of human resources keeping in line with established bench marking and acuity data.
• Assists in the implementation of staff development and cross training as needed.
• Supports all hospital programs to include, but not limited to, risk management, safety, infection control.
• Performs the scheduling function.
• Facilitates unit workflow and teamwork.
• Assists in and understands YTD compliance with labor hour benchmark per unit of service.
• Acts to facilitate interdepartmental interactions.
• Demonstrates effective problem-solving.
• Assists in the completion of standards of care, policies, and procedures are appropriate and current and that they have been reviewed with all staff members.
• Assists in the review and revise of policies and procedures as necessary, but not less that every three years.
• Affords assistance in the development and accomplishment of department long and short-term goals.
• Affords assistance in the controls and monitor of supply costs to achieve flexed budgeted costs on a quarterly basis.
• Identifies areas of cost savings through labor, supply utilization efficiencies, and communicates suggestions to Director.
• Maintains personal current knowledge and expertise in the specialty field of the department, and of regulatory requirements.
• Affords assistance in the development of a department strategic plan.
• Affords assistance in the facilities and supports the clinical strategic plan.
• Affords assistance in the utilization of PI in daily operations.
• Affords assistance in the utilization of PI philosophy in developing strategic directions.
• Affords assistance in the collection of data for unit based improvement, and other ongoing reviews, which serve as quality trending.
• Obtains feedback on a regular basis from others within own and other departments.
• Collaborates with Director on mechanisms for improvement.
• Communicates self, staff concerns through proper written and verbal channels, and utilizes problem-solving skills to suggest mechanism for correction.
• Affords assistance in the communicating, cooperating, and performing related duties with other members of the hospital staff courteous and efficient manner to actively contribute to overall hospital goals and objectives.
• Acts as a team member within the department and within the organization.
• Demonstrates effective, positive, and responsible relationships with patients, families, medical director & key physicians, employees, management & administration, and related outside agencies.
• Affords assistance in the timely follow up of patient, family, staff; and physician concerns after consultation with the Director and communicates outcome to Director.

Qualifications

• NICU Clinical Manager/ Charge RN experience required
• Sign on Bonus 25K
• Current CA Registered Nurse License
• Associates of Science in Nursing (ADN)
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification
• Current NRP certification
• Minimum of 3 years NICU clinical experience
• Demonstrated clinical competence and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to present self in a positive and professional manner
• Demonstrated management aptitude and experience

Organization Description

Desert Care Network serves the healthcare needs of the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin regions in Southern California with three hospitals Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The hospital network provides advanced care with services such as comprehensive stroke care, a cancer center, a Level 1 Trauma Center and the only Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Coachella Valley. Desert Care Network is committed to healthcare equality. Join our team!

Employment Practices

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Reasonable Accommodations
• E-Verify Participation

Salary

$51.18 - $81.91 hourly