Registered Nurse; RN - Clinic Manager, Med Surg

Tenet Desert is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Clinic Manager, Med Surg for a nursing job in Palm Springs, California.

Specialty:
Med Surg

Discipline: RN

Duration:
Ongoing

36 hours per week

Shift: 12 hours

Employment Type:

Staff

Job type:
Full Time

Shift: Nights

The Clinical Manager is responsible for the day-to-day shift operations in the Ortho Spine 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 from patients, visitors, staff, and physicians, advising management and administration appropriately. The Clinical Manager demonstrates an ability to respond and provide direction during changing workload, 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.

Provides leadership of the staff related to care of the Medical‑Surgical patient and associated orthopedic surgery protocols and medication. Obtains and interprets information in terms of the patient’s needs. Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development and understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.

Participates in the management of human resources through assisting, evaluating, counseling, and hiring 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 timely completion of performance evaluations for annual, probationary, and interim periods. 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. Attends nursing leadership meetings and takes personal responsibility for the quality and integrity of nursing administration. Participates and completes special projects. Assures current, comprehensive, and timely department‑specific orientation for all new employees. Maintains current records on all employees at the unit level, including yearly certification, current licensure, evidence of continuing education, and compliance with unit competencies.

Maintains open communication with staff on organization, national health care, and professional issues. Promotes sound staffing practices by optimizing the utilization of human resources in line with established benchmarking and acuity data. Utilizes an individual patient classification system that 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, including risk management, safety, infection control, and patient satisfaction through committee memberships and project teams. Performs the staff scheduling function, ensuring a balanced schedule submitted on time. Facilitates unit workflow and teamwork. Ensures breaks are taken as scheduled. Assists in understanding YTD compliance with labor hour benchmark per unit of service.

Facilitates interdepartmental interactions and demonstrates effective problem‑solving. Assists in completing standards of care, policies, and procedures that are current and have been reviewed with all staff. Assists in reviewing and revising policies and procedures as necessary, but not less than every three years. Assists the Director in developing and accomplishing department long and short‑term goals. Assists in controlling and monitoring 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 the Director. Maintains personal current knowledge and expertise in the specialty field of the department and of regulatory agencies.

• Current California RN License
• Associate’s Degree in Nursing or Advanced
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification (maintain current at all times)
• Current American Heart Association ACLS (maintain current at all times)
• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience
• Demonstrated clinical competence and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to present self in a positive and professional manner

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• Previous management experience