Job Description

Are you ready to bring your clinical competencies to an extraordinary facility recognized as top ten in the United States? Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient satisfaction? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the best places to work in Southern California! We would be happy to hear from you.

With the goal of reducing disparities in health and healthcare for those most in need, Cedars-Sinai has launched a multiyear Community Clinic Initiative that strives to strengthen L.A.'s safety net. Yearlong programs focus on quality care, leadership development, financial strength and data analysis in clinics that represent the backbone of care for L.A.'s poor and uninsured. More than two-thirds of the community clinics in Cedars-Sinai's service area are participating in this initiative, designed to develop capabilities that will enable them to more optimally respond to patients' complex needs over the long term in a changing healthcare landscape. 

As an Assistant Nurse Manager 

• Collaborate to identify and assess patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations.
• Intervene to provide a safe environment and evaluates effectiveness of intervention for patients.
• Provide leadership in the delivery of patient care and nursing practices within assigned clinical unit(s).
• Work with Nurse Management to address issues identified with regard to quality of care standards.
• Responsible for performance management, including supervising or developing action plans to support staff development and improve performance.
• Assist in monitoring established performance improvement systems to measure fiscal compliance.
• Assist with budget planning, staffing and scheduling, recruitment efforts internal/external to the organization, monitors meal periods and rest breaks, tardiness, absenteeism, overtime and keeps ED Leadership informed of trends.
• Oversee documentation on direct and indirect patient care services for the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of our patients.
• Assist with the development of departmental goals, new hire evaluation process and promotes inter/intra departmental collaboration.
• Coordinate the interdisciplinary team approach to discharge planning, including team rounding.
• Lead the coordination of patient assignments based on staff competencies, including the delegation and assignment patient care tasks and prioritization of workload, considering patient acuity, activity and available resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required.
• Master’s Degree in healthcare, nursing or healthcare administration profession preferred.

• CA Registered Nurse License
• ACLS from American Heart Association or American Red Cross and NRP Certification
• Relevant specialty certification.

• A minimum of five (5) years experience in an acute care setting, which includes two (2) years in specialty and supervisory experience.