Hours:

Shift Start Time:

Variable

Shift End Time:

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement:

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$71.822 - $92.673 - $113.525

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

Hours

8-hour, Variable shifts

This is full-time position, (1.0): 80 hours/per pay period 

Some mandatory meetings outside these hours, typically during regular business hours.

What You Will Do

Provide direct supervision of and 24-hour responsibility for personnel and assure the quality of clinical nursing care of ED patients. This position has responsibility for the coordination of care for patients and families in the Emergency Department. Responsibility includes planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating staff and care activities in Emergency Department to ensure the delivery of high quality, cost-effective patient care. The position is accountable for scheduling, coordinating, and maintaining the resources necessary on a specific shift daily, weekly, and monthly.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• 5 Years ED clinical nursing experience, one year of which shall have been in a leadership role.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - Various-Employee provides certificate -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) - Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) -PREFERRED
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Various-Employee provides certificate -PREFERRED

Essential Functions

Data Management

• Contributes to meeting budgeted salary expense per unit of service.
• Identifies and/or participates in implementation of cost reducing or revenue enhancing ideas.
• Contributes to utilization of supplies in a cost-effective manner that supports delivery of care within budgeted supply expense per unit of service.
• Seeks to improve systems and processes that ultimately improve staff performance and assist in reducing the overall cost of care.

Human Resource Management

• Clinical Competencies.
• Patient care and family issues.
• Documentation quality, content, compliance.
• Staff and leadership development.
• Teamwork, communication.
• Meeting participation and attendance.
• Employee supervision and feedback according to the established Sharp HealthCare Employee Performance Management Process.
• Interview/selection/hiring process.

Leadership

• Actively contributes to the leadership team by bringing creative thinking and innovation to assist in enhancing overall patient care and operational efficiencies.
• Participates in a leadership position on an internal quality improvement committee or task force and contributes in a positive way.
• Participates as a leader with a specialty service lending clinical expertise and leadership and assisting in the growth, development and quality measurement of the specific service.

Process Improvement

• Collaborates with other disciplines/departments to resolve identified issues.
• Assists staff in problem solving and prioritization of patient care.
• Collaborates with Physicians to resolve identified issues.
• Demonstrates resolution of operational issues as negotiated with manager.
• Identifies bio-ethical dilemmas and initiates appropriate response.

Quality

• Identifies and develops action plan to resolve quality issues in collaboration with Clinical Nurse Specialist and other interdisciplinary care team members.
• Identifies clinical learning needs and implements plan to assure learning achieved.
• Implements systems to inform / monitor staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Achieves / Maintains specialty certification in clinical area of practice.
• Participates in the evaluation of data that is pertinent to patient care outcomes including quality variance reports.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Exceptional ability to effectively communicate, problem solve, seek creative and innovative methods to enhance patient care and staff performance.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills.

Summary

Sharp Grossmont Hospital's Emergency Room department is one of the most technologically advanced of its kind. We are the busiest community emergency department in San Diego County seeing more than 110,000 patients a year treating a diverse population. We have also been designated by the county as a STEMI center, due to implementation of new cardiac protocols meeting county and national guidelines for treating acute MI patients. Additionally, we have achieved Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center status due to our focus on providing expeditious diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients. We have a helipad that receives patients with medical emergencies, such as snake bites, heat stroke, and heart attacks, from our rural catchment area. Currently, we run 43 acute care beds 24 hours a day, plus 21 minor care and observation beds that are open during high volume hours. In addition, we have a designated area of our emergency department focused on psychiatric care in partnership with our behavioral health unit. Opportunities for growth include MICN, advanced clinician and clinical lead.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.

New Hire Bonus Eligibility

• Sign-On Bonus: $5000
• Relocation Assistance: $5000
• Employee Referral Bonus: $2500

The following are not eligible for hiring incentives:

• Current Sharp employees
• Rehires/Reinstates that are rejoining the organization less than 12 months from last date of employment with Sharp Healthcare

To remain eligible for your sign on incentive the following criteria must be met:

• Must remain in original hired FTE status and shift (if specified in offer letter)
• Must remain in original department/specialty.
• Must remain in original Job Title
• Transfers to a non-bonus eligible department or position may result in forfeiting remaining incentive bonus.

Employee referral incentive eligibility:

• Referral must list the name of the Sharp employee that referred them on the job application.
• External referrals only
• If referring a former Sharp employee – must be more than 12 months since last date of employment with Sharp Healthcare at the time of referral.

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California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing; Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Various-Employee provides certificate; Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) - Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN); NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - Various-Employee provides certificate; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association; ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association; AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association