Lead Clinical Nurse RN - Surgical Recovery (PACU) - Sharp Chula Vista - Variable Shift - Full Time

Schedule

Shift start time: Variable; shift end time: Variable. AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 – 8‑hour shift. Weekend requirements: As needed. On‑call required: Yes.

Pay

Hourly pay range: $72.290 (minimum) – $93.280 (midpoint) – $104.470 (maximum). The actual pay rate will depend on experience, skills, education, internal alignment, market factors, and business practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and coordination of shift operations in a defined clinical area.
• Achieve patient outcomes; demonstrate clinical competence in area of practice; participate in quality improvement unit activities based on unit focus/priorities.
• Assist with identifying clinical learning needs of staff and assure learning achieved; implement systems to inform/monitor staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards; implement action plan to improve clinical care of patients; develop new area of expertise relevant to clinical area.
• Collaborate with other disciplines/departments to resolve daily operational issues when supervising unit; facilitate staff in prioritizing and problem solving daily operational issues; collaborate with physicians to address operational issues; demonstrate resolution of operational issue with targeted outcomes as negotiated with manager or director; collaborate with other disciplines/departments to resolve identified issues with demonstrated improvement in operational flow.
• Complete all 90‑day and annual performance reviews within 30 days of due date; assure employee files are current and complete including annual PPD, CPR, RN licensure, safety test, etc.; orient/mentor staff into new roles resulting in achieved competencies within identified timelines; develop staff's leadership skills, facilitating learning and growth; assist staff to resolve identified learning/performance issues; develop new area of expertise relevant to human resource management.
• Achieve productivity score between 98‑100%; monitor flexing, on‑call, skill mix, use of overtime, per diem and registry; identify and/or participate in implementation of cost‑reducing or revenue‑enhancing ideas; contribute to utilization of supplies in a cost‑effective manner that supports delivery of care within budgeted supply expense per unit of service; contribute to meeting budgeted salary expense per unit of service; develop new area of expertise relevant to resource management.
• Facilitate Workers' Compensation reporting and documentation per requirements; demonstrate ability to handle situations not covered by written or verbal instructions that maintain staff/patient safety; convey importance and rationale of policies & procedures and standards of care to staff and customers; demonstrate resolution of safety issue as negotiated with manager or director; trend staff safety learning needs and assure learning achieved; develop new area of expertise relevant to delivery of safe patient care.

Requirements

• 2 years recent, pertinent clinical experience.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) – CA Board of Registered Nursing – REQUIRED.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) – American Heart Association – REQUIRED.
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) – American Heart Association – REQUIRED.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (preferred).
• Leadership experience (preferred).