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The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do
Provide direct supervision of and 24-hour responsibility for personnel and assure the quality of clinical nursing care of ED patients. This position has responsibility for the coordination of care for patients and families in the Emergency Department. Responsibility includes planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating staff and care activities in Emergency Department to ensure the delivery of high quality, cost-effective patient care. The position is accountable for scheduling, coordinating, and maintaining the resources necessary on a specific shift daily, weekly, and monthly.

Required 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 Qualifications

• Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) - Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) -PREFERRED
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Various-Employee provides certificate -PREFERRED

Other Qualification Requirements

• NIHSS is required within 90 days of hire.

Essential Functions

• Data management
  Contributes to meeting budgeted salary expense per unit of service.
  Identifies and/or participates in implementation of cost reducing or revenue enhancing ideas.
  Contributes to utilization of supplies in a cost-effective manner that supports delivery of care within budgeted supply expense per unit of service.
  Seeks to improve systems and processes that ultimately improve staff performance and assist in reducing the overall cost of care.
• Human resource management
  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 according to the established Sharp HealthCare Employee Performance Management Process.
  Interview/selection/hiring process.
• Leadership
  Actively contributes to the leadership team by bringing creative thinking and innovation to assist in enhancing overall patient care and operational efficiencies.
  Participates in a leadership position on an internal quality improvement committee or task force and contributes in a positive way.
  Participates as a leader with a specialty service lending clinical expertise and leadership and assisting in the growth, development and quality measurement of the specific service.
• Process improvement
  Collaborates with other disciplines/departments to resolve identified issues.
  Assists staff in problem solving and prioritization of patient care.
  Collaborates with Physicians to resolve identified issues.
  Demonstrates resolution of operational issues as negotiated with manager.
  Identifies bio-ethical dilemmas and initiates appropriate response.
• Quality
  Identifies and develops action plan to resolve quality issues in collaboration with Clinical Nurse Specialist and other interdisciplinary care team members.
  Identifies clinical learning needs and implements plan to assure learning achieved.
  Implements systems to inform / monitor staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
  Achieves / Maintains specialty certification in clinical area of practice.
  Participates in the evaluation of data that is pertinent to patient care outcomes including quality variance reports.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 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.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class