Service Unit Asst Dept Mgr -RN (11-061M) Job in Martinez, California Us

Assists in managing a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, patient focused services to members across the continuums, which comply w/ local, state, federal requirements. Implements maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, staff development.

Essential Functions:
- Supervises the operations of a single or multiple units.
- Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care is in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, local requirements.
- Implements maintains patient care quality service standards to meet members internal client's expectations.
- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.
- Recommends evaluates processes to improve systems patient care results across the continuum of care. Assists in developing monitoring budgets resource allocations.
- Monitors financial performance identifies recommends strategies to reduce costs improve quality of care/service.
- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, maintain the competency of all department staff.
- Assists in providing on going staff development. Implements monitors departmental policies procedures which support the organizations goals business objectives ensure they are met.
- Collaborates w/ physician team leader, department chief, nursing manager in developing the level of patient services the day-to-day operations of the department.
- Assists in managing resolving human resource, labor relations, employee department safety, risk management issues.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- A minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience required.
- Previous nursing experience in outpatient care preferred.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent years of experience in nursing or health related field.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- BLS certification required.
- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.
- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.