Manager, RN, Ortho Unit Day Shift

Overview

Adventist Health Glendale is a leading healthcare provider with a 515-bed hospital, two urgent cares, home care services, and comprehensive cardiology care in the San Fernando Valley. We are Magnet-designated and committed to empowering our nurses. Glendale offers urban living with access to dining, entertainment, shopping, and outdoor recreation. Adventist Health Glendale has served the community since 1905.

Manager, RN, Ortho Unit, Full Time, Day Shift

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 with staff, charge nurses, physicians, and other department leaders to ensure clinical operations are efficient and effective, achieving high patient/family/staff satisfaction. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of nursing and ancillary personnel using professional judgment.

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

• Builds a high performing clinical work team by recruiting and retaining skilled staff; works with unit champions and clinical educator to meet educational needs. Conducts evaluations and provides coaching as appropriate. Monitors attendance and manages personnel matters with discretion and judgment.
• Sets and strives to achieve goals for patient safety, quality of care, and regulatory compliance. Develops strategies to improve patient/family/physician satisfaction and establishes standards of professional nursing practice.
• Conducts daily rounds with physicians and staff; coordinates care plans for patients and families; investigates and resolves care and operational issues; initiates conferences to optimize individualized care.
• Assesses unit personnel requirements daily; requests additional staff as needed; authorizes overtime when appropriate; completes monthly unit schedules with minimal staffing issues.
• Facilitates throughput including early discharge, bed management, admissions, transfers, and coordination with facility services to maintain safe and operational department and equipment.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education and

Work Experience:

• 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 hospital setting:
  Preferred

Licenses/Certifications:

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

Facility Specific License/

Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification:
  Required

• Builds a high performing clinical work team, coordinates with unit champions, and engages staff in action plans for safety and desired outcomes. Conducts evaluations and provides coaching; monitors attendance and staffing; exercises discretion in personnel matters.
• Advances patient safety, quality of care, and regulatory compliance; fosters open communication; develops strategies for satisfaction of patients, families, and physicians.
• Directs rounds with health team members; coordinates care plans; resolves patient care and operational issues; initiates and revises care plans as needed.
• Manages unit personnel requirements, overtime authorization, and monthly scheduling with minimal staffing issues.
• Ensures efficient patient throughput, bed management, timely admissions/transfers, and equipment safety; conducts emergency preparedness reviews.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

All associates are required to receive all applicable vaccinations where allowed by law. Medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. By applying, you acknowledge reading the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices.

Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit health system serving more than 100 communities with over 440 sites of care and 38,000+ team members, including employees, physicians, and volunteers dedicated to living God’s love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.