RN CLINICAL MANAGER PCU FULL TIME NIGHTS
Company: Desert Regional Medical Center
Location: Palm Springs
Posted on: October 25, 2024
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Job Description:
Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385-bed acute-care hospital
classified as a stroke receiving center and level 2 trauma facility
with an innovative, patient centered and evidence-based
Rehabilitation Services Department. Our compassionate team provides
a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute
care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery,
neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as
well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics. GENERAL
DUTIES The Clinical Manager is responsible for the day-to-day shift
operations in the Telemetry Department. He/she manages human
resources at the unit level in a cost-effective manner. The
Clinical Manager promptly and fully investigates and resolves
complaints of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians, advising
management / administration appropriately. The Clinical Manager
demonstrates an ability to respond and provide direction in
changing workload during crisis and emergency situations. The
Clinical Manager accepts responsibility for helping employees
understand difficult administrative decisions. Access to all
Patient Health Information for treatment purposes only. DEPARTMENT
SPECIFIC DUTIES: --- Provides leadership of the telemetry staff
related to care of the telemetry, stroke, bariatric patients and
associated interventional cardiology protocols and medication. ---
Provides leadership of the telemetry staff related to care of the
telemetry patient and associated interventional cardiology
protocols and medication. --- Obtains information and interpret
information in terms of the patient's needs. --- Demonstrates
knowledge of growth and development. --- Understands the range of
treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
--- Participates in the management of human resources through
assisting, evaluation, counseling, and hiring of staff. --- Assists
and edits payroll reports --- Ensures that a current criteria-based
job performance standard and --- Applicable competencies exist for
each member of the staff. --- Ensures that performance evaluations
are completed in a timely fashion for both annual and probationary
evaluations. --- Facilitates the appropriate completion and timely
submission of human Resource documentation. --- Appropriately
counsels and disciplines staff in a timely manner. --- Interviews
and hires staff. --- Coordinates timely attendance at hospital
orientation and all mandatory continuing education programs for
employees. --- Regularly attends nursing leadership meetings and
takes personal responsibility for the quality and integrity of
nursing administration --- Regularly participates and completes
special projects --- Assures current, comprehensive, and timely
department-specific orientation for all new employees. ---
Maintains current records on all employees at unit level to include
yearly certification, current licensure, evidence of continuing
education and compliance with unit competencies. --- Maintains an
open communication with staff on organization, national health care
and professional issues. --- Promotes sound staffing practices by
optimizing the utilization of human resources keeping in line with
established bench marking and acuity data. --- Utilizes individual
patient classification system which predicts nursing care
requirements by shift, and maintains documentation to discern
trends and patterns of nursing care delivery by shift and staff mix
in the daily staffing of the unit. --- Assesses and assists in the
implementation of staff development and cross-training as needed.
--- Supports all hospital programs to include, but not limited to,
risk management, safety, infection control. --- Performs the
scheduling function. --- Facilitates unit work flow and teamwork.
--- Assists in and understands YTD compliance with labor hour
benchmark per unit of service. --- Acts to facilitate
interdepartmental interactions. --- Demonstrates effective
problem-solving. --- Assists in the completion of standards of
care, policies, and procedures are appropriate and current and that
they have been reviewed with all staff members. --- Assists in the
review and revise of policies and procedures as necessary, but not
less that every three years. --- Assist the Director in the
development and accomplishment of department long and short term
goals. --- Assists in the controls and monitor of supply costs to
achieve flexed budgeted costs on a quarterly basis. --- Identifies
areas of cost savings through labor and supply utilization
efficiencies and communicates suggestions to Director. --- Assists
and edits payroll reports --- Maintains personal current knowledge
and expertise in the specialty field of the department, and of
regulatory agencies. --- Assists in development of a department
strategic plan. --- Facilities and supports the clinical strategic
plan. --- Facilitates and supports the organizational strategic
plan. --- Integrates PI into daily operations. --- Utilizes PI
philosophy in developing strategic directions. --- Assists in the
collection of data for unit based improvement, and other ongoing
reviews which serve as quality trending. --- Obtains feedback on a
regular basis from others within own and other departments.
Collaborates with Director on mechanisms for improvement. ---
Communicates self and staff concerns through proper written and
verbal channels and utilizes problem solving skills to suggest
mechanism for correction. --- Assists in the communicating,
cooperating, and performing related duties with other members of
the hospital staff courteous and efficient manner to actively
contribute to overall hospital goals and objectives. --- Acts as a
team member within the department and within the organization. ---
Demonstrates effective, positive, and responsible relationships
with patients, families, medical director & key physicians,
employees, management & administration, and related outside
agencies. --- Assures timely follow up of patient, family, staff;
and physician concerns after consultation with the Director and
communicates outcome to Director. QUALIFICATIONS 20K sign on Bonus
Required:
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