Staff Nurse V - Assistant Nursing Department Manager-Inpt-ICU

Position Summary

Staff Nurse V – Assistant Department Manager, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) – 1 vacancy. This role supervises nursing service units or units during a shift, assists the Nursing Department Manager in assessment of patient needs, staff performance, coordination of services, and management of the unit in the manager’s absence.

• Supervise staff and assist with management of the unit or units; plan and implement staff schedules; assign work to professional, para‑professional and technical staff to maintain high quality of patient care.
• Evaluate performance of staff, discipline assigned personnel, and participate in the selection of new employees.
• Formulate, interpret and implement policies, procedures and standards of nursing care; coordinate services with other hospital divisions and manage budgeting.
• Initiate and perform clinical patient care, including therapeutic measures prescribed by medical authority.
• Plan, coordinate, and administer total patient care and document nursing care plans.
• Educate and counsel patients and families, supervise therapy groups, and provide crisis interventions when necessary.
• Maintain records, prepare reports, and conduct performance improvement studies.
• Update nursing knowledge through literature and continuing education.
• Participate in committees and represent the department to outside organizations as assigned.

• Possession of ACLS, Critical Care class, and Preceptor class or equivalent.
• Pattern I:
  Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or related field; two (2) years of progressively responsible experience as a registered nurse in an acute care hospital ICU, including one (1) year at a level equivalent to Staff Nurse IV.
• Pattern II:
  National Certification; same experience requirements as Pattern I.
• Current registration as a nurse in the State of California.

Salary: $12,529 – $15,230 per month.

Frontline Compensation:
Charge Pay $3.00/hour;
Preceptor Pay $2.00/hour;
Standby Pay 33% of base salary;
Longevity Pay 7.5% after 10 years, 10% after 15 years.

Retirement, Health, Dental, Vision, Life insurance, Flexible benefits, vacation, holiday, sick leave, and educational leave are provided as described in the County benefits program.

San Joaquin County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and is committed to providing equal employment to all without regard to age, ancestry, color, creed, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation or belief, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.