Assistant Clinical Director, RN

Through department assistant managers and staff, manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.
Essential Functions:
- Through department assistant managers and staff, manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.
- Ensures that services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.
- With Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and SCPMG staff, develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care.
- Manages and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within assigned department and across the continuum of care.
- Ensures staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO, federal, state, and local requirements; establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.
- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.
- Develops and monitors department's budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources. Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.
- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.
- Ensures on going staff development.
- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organization's goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.
- Develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.
- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety and risk management issues.
- Patient Safety: Accountable to promote an organizational culture of safety and ensure appropriate patient safety standards and guidelines are implemented consistently in the delivery of health care to our patients, including but not limited to: JCAHO, National Quality Forum, and Leapfrog.
- See Patient Safety Management Accountabilities Addendum for job specific accountabilities.

Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- BSN or BA/BS in health care or closely related field required.
- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually five (5) to six (6) years), including management experience (usually three (3) to four (4) years).
- Master's degree preferred.
- Current California RN license required.
- CPR certificate required.
- **BSN and National Health/Nursing Administration Certification or MSN are required for Pediatric and NICU Departments for facilities that are CCS certified or desire CCS certification. This requirement applies to Bellflower, LAMC, San Diego, Fontana and Orange County.
- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, federal regulations.
- Demonstrated interpersonal and management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
- ACLS card
- Step down or ICU experience preferred

Notes:
- Schedule includes working rotating weekends