Supervisor - Nursing - Emergency Department - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Variable - Full-Time

Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision of and 24-hour responsibility for personnel and assure the quality of clinical nursing care of ED patients.
• Coordinate care for patients and families in the Emergency Department.
• Plan, organize, direct, and evaluate staff and care activities in Emergency Department to ensure delivery of high quality, cost-effective patient care.
• Schedule, coordinate, and maintain the resources necessary on a specific shift daily, weekly, and monthly.
• Data management: Contribute to meeting budgeted salary expense per unit of service; 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; seek to improve systems and processes that improve staff performance and assist in reducing overall cost of care.
• Human resource management: Address clinical competencies, patient care and family issues, documentation quality, content, compliance, staff and leadership development, teamwork, communication, meeting participation and attendance, employee supervision and feedback per Sharp HealthCare Employee Performance Management Process, interview/selection/hiring process.
• Leadership: Actively contribute to leadership team by bringing creative thinking and innovation to enhance patient care and operational efficiencies; participate in a leadership position on internal quality improvement committee or task force; participate as a leader with a specialty service lending clinical expertise and leadership, assisting in growth, development and quality measurement of the specific service.
• Process improvement: Collaborate with other disciplines/departments to resolve identified issues; assist staff in problem solving and prioritization of patient care; collaborate with Physicians to resolve identified issues; demonstrate resolution of operational issues as negotiated with manager; identify bio-ethical dilemmas and initiate appropriate response.
• Quality: Identify and develop action plan to resolve quality issues in collaboration with Clinical Nurse Specialist and other interdisciplinary care team members; identify clinical learning needs and implement plan to assure learning achieved; implement systems to inform/monitor staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards; achieve/maintain specialty certification in clinical area of practice; participate in evaluation of data pertinent to patient care outcomes including quality variance reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• 5 Years ED clinical nursing experience, one year of which shall have been in a leadership role
• 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
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - Various - Employee provides certificate - REQUIRED
• Preferred: Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) - Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) - PREFERRED
• Preferred: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Various - Employee provides certificate - PREFERRED

Skills

Exceptional ability to effectively communicate, problem solve, seek creative and innovative methods to enhance patient care and staff performance. Strong leadership and team-building skills.

Pay

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):