Clinical Operations Administrator - Administrator Duty Nights - Exempt

Job Description

What will you be doing in this role?

The Clinical Operations Administrator (COA) is responsible for a variety of leadership and management responsibilities within the Division of Nursing Resources and throughout the Medical Center. At a division level, the COA is administratively accountable for leading, managing, developing, staff and for ensuring smooth operations of assigned areas within the division.

The COA guides nursing staff in the provision of nursing care consistent with Nursing Standards of Care/Practice, the Plan for Provision of Nursing Care, the Plan for Provision of Care to Patient, the Performance Improvement Plan, the Patient Education Plan and Professional Organization Standards. They maintain competency skills including the ability to interact with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. This role coordinates staffing and nursing operations on a house-wide basis to support the expectations and philosophy of Cedars‑Sinai Health System (CSHS) to provide quality patient care.

Job duties and responsibilities:

• Works closely with Patient Placement and Transfer Center staff to evaluate bed availability and coordinate/facilitate appropriate patient placement. Demonstrates knowledge and ongoing education related to EMTALA and HIPPA regulations during all hours.
• Obtains facts and evaluates data to identify and intervene in actual and/or potential safety and risk management issues.
• Takes corrective action in situations requiring immediate intervention, including interpretation and administration of hospital policy and requirements.
• Documents (or delegates) documentation of pertinent information, actions and decisions and communicates it to appropriate leadership.
• Identifies safety concerns and institutes measures to provide a safe environment; and provide appropriate assessment, intervention and evaluation of patients with consideration of developmental milestones. Authorizes service recovery interventions.
• Guides nursing staff in the provision of nursing care consistent with Nursing Standards of Care/Practice, the Plan for Provision of Nursing Care, the Plan for Provision of Care to Patient, the Performance Improvement Plan, the Patient Education Plan and Professional Organization Standards.
• Administratively accountable for leading, managing, developing, and supervising within their assigned shifts.

BSN (Bachelor of Science, Nursing) - Required

• California RN license. Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required (expiration dates need to be 60 days or more from the hire date).
• ANCC Specialty Certification. (External applicants have 1 year to obtain).

• 5 years of RN experience in progressive leadership in a clinical setting. (Manager level preferred)
• 5 years of RN experience in multiple specialty areas or hospital functions.