Manager, RN Day Shift - Surgery

Job Description

A $20,000 hiring incentive is available for eligible candidates who meet all required qualifications and payment conditions. Relocation assistance may also be provided for qualified applicants.

Located in one of the most beautiful regions in the United States, St. Helena Hospital was founded in 1878 and offers a 151-bed facility with an emergency department, medical offices, and centers of excellence in specialty care, including the Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute, Coon Joint Replacement Institute, Martin‑O'Neil Cancer Center, and Behavioral Health units. The hospital is in Napa Valley, providing an unparalleled quality of life with outdoor adventure, spas, restaurants, and convenient weekend getaways to San Francisco or the coast.

Creates an environment where front‑line nurses and ancillary staff provide whole‑person care that is safe, complication‑free, and optimizes functional independence for each patient. Maintains a highly‑visible presence on the unit, collaborates closely with staff, charge nurses, physicians, and other department leaders to ensure efficient and effective clinical operations, and achieves high patient, family, and staff satisfaction. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing and ancillary personnel using professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment.

Schedules, leads, and coordinates the daily activities of a defined unit on an assigned shift, and assists leadership in accomplishing unit and organizational goals.

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience:
  Required
• Master's Degree:
  Preferred
• Five years’ technical experience:
  Preferred
• One year’s leadership experience:
  Preferred
• Two years’ experience of acute‑care nursing in a hospital setting:
  Preferred

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice:
  Required
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per AH policy:
  Preferred
• National specialty certification in area of expertise or in nursing administration:
  Preferred

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per AH policy:
  Required

• Builds a high‑performing clinical work team by recruiting and retaining skilled professional staff, establishing charge nurses and unit champions, and engaging staff in action plans for change. Completes periodic evaluations, coaches, disciplines, monitors attendance, and works with the unit champion and clinical educator to identify educational needs.
• Sets and strives to achieve goals for patient safety, quality of care, and regulatory compliance. Creates a culture of open communication, develops strategies to improve patient/family/physician satisfaction, and sets standards of care that staff are held accountable to. Monitors critical processes, outcomes, audits, data analysis, and incident reports, exercising discretion and independent judgment.
• Conducts daily rounds with physicians and other staff, actively coordinates care for patients and families, directs and monitors personnel in patient care activities, investigates and resolves patient care and operational issues, and initiates team conferences to revise care plans for optimal individualized care.
• Assesses daily personnel requirements, requests additional staff when necessary, authorizes and assigns overtime, and completes the monthly unit staff schedule accurately and on time in collaboration with staff and management.
• Facilitates throughput through early discharge, pull‑ahead beds, timely admissions/transfers, forecasting admissions, and works with facility services to maintain safe, operational equipment. Prevents complications of care, including nosocomial infections, and conducts emergency preparedness reviews.
• Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.

Adventist Health requires that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

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