Nurse Manager – Emergency Department

Essential Responsibilities:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Manages the operations of 24-hour departments that may be at multiple locations. Ensures Assistants and staff
• provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission,
• federal, state, and local requirements.
• Establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members and internal
• clients expectations.
• Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.
• Develops and monitors budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources. Monitors financial
• performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.
• Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train,
• and maintain the competency of all department staff. Ensures on going staff development. Manages and
• resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.
• Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organizations goals
• and business objectives and ensures they are met.
• Oversees and develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality
• improvement activities.
• Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser
• Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from
• salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected
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Basic Qualifications:

Experience

Minimum four (4) years of clinical nursing experience related to clinical area of specialization as required by department, including four (4) years of management, supervisory or leadership experience.

Education

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing. Bachelors Degree in Nursing, or Masters Degree in Nursing earned
• through a direct entry MSN program.
• License, Certification, Registration
• Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire
• Basic Life Support

Additional Requirements:

• Leadership Experience will be permissible for Kaiser Permanente internal applicants only and is defined by the
• following criteria: demonstrated clinical nursing leadership as a Charge/Senior RN, participation on professional

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of management experience preferred
• One (1) year of Magnet/shared governance experience preferred
• One (1) year of managing in a bargaining environment preferred
• Masters degree preferred