Job Description

Job Description

Stanford Health Care is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Assistant Manager, Pediatrics ER - Emergency Room for a nursing job in Palo Alto, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Pediatrics ER - Emergency Room
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Shift: nights
• Employment Type: Staff

1.0 FTE Full time Night - 10 Hour R Onsite 10 Emerg Svcs Peds 300P Other Palo Alto, 300 Pasteur Dr, California

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Night - 10 Hour (United States of America)

Marc and Laura Andreessen Pediatric Emergency Department

Join our team of dedicated leaders!

Stanford Nurses are recognized as bold leaders, compassionate healers, educators, and mentors, providing the highest standards of excellence in care while generating long-term impressions that continue to set SHC apart as the best place to work and thrive. Stanford Nursing offers a wide array of career advancement opportunities, access to the latest technologies and health care innovations, and boasts a workplace culture that encourages personal growth and work-life balance, while honoring its commitment to delivering evidence-based and patient-centered care.

Leadership
Now more than ever, leaders play a pivotal role in both guiding and engaging their teams. Collaboration, connectedness, and constant communication are vital during this most unique time we are all facing. Stanford Health Care provides leaders with perspectives in resilience and self-care including building on presence and trust. Leaders can also find offerings through our Talent Development Team Courses on engagement and communication, as well as situational leadership and crucial conversations. Skills learned will directly apply to this new environment we are faced with. We hope leaders will make use of what is offered and find these resources helpful throughout the professional development journey.

ANCC Magnet Designation: The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Model provides a framework for clinical, operational, and leadership practice, serving as a roadmap for Stanford Nursing's ongoing pursuit toward nursing excellence.

Watson Caring Science: Beginning in 2007, SHC embraced Jean Watson's transformative "Caring Science" theory of human caring and love. This intertwining of "Caring Science" with nursing practice translates into increased intentionality and a deepening of authentic presence; thereby renewing nurse relationships through universal, ethical, and person-centered care.

Department Description:
The Stanford Pediatric Emergency Department is a Level 1 Trauma Center, a designated Comprehensive Stroke Center, STEMI receiving facility, and a CA EMS-C designated Comprehensive Receiving Center. This brand-new state of the art department is designed to enhance every aspect of a patient-centered care experience. As a three-time Lantern Award winning department, the latest medical technologies have been implemented to support our care teams’ collaborative provisioning of excellent care to 100 pediatric patients a day. Our emergency department prides itself on compassionate and excellent care working with a diverse population.

The Stanford Children's Health Pediatric Emergency Department in Palo Alto is the only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center between San Francisco and the South Bay. It provides an environment that is non-threatening and calming for children as well as informative and assuring to parents. It is equipped to treat anything from colds and upset stomach to chronic or critical illnesses. It is located just down the hall from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Assistant Patient Care Manager is responsible for assisting the Patient Care Manager with clinical management and administrative coordination of a designated patient care unit(s) or service(s). The position supports the Patient Care Manager in promoting the achievement of the unit(s)' goals and objectives. This position works in a supportive manner as a resource for the patient care unit(s) and as a representative for the Patient Care Manager. Typically assigned responsibility for supervising patient care staff and operations for an assigned shift for a patient care unit(s) and/or for coordinating one or more administrative functions as assigned by the Patient Care Manager, ensuring consistent implementation and monitoring of organizational policies and standards of care, their work involves a combination of clinical (patient care) and administrative responsibilities. The Assistant Patient Care Manager provides consistent and timely information and feedback to the Patient Care Manager and is responsible for knowledge and application of all personnel policies and requirements of the collective bargaining agreements. Assistant Patient Care Managers differ from Patient Care Managers in that the latter are unit managers with total responsibility and accountability for one or more patient care units or services.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Assists in the performance of the operational aspects of a designated unit(s) while providing mentoring and leadership support to the unit(s) staff; supervises the provision of quality, therapeutic and cost-effective patient care in accordance with standards of practice, hospital protocols, policies and procedures, and desired patient outcomes.

• Assists Patient Care Manager in administrative/management functions and assumes the duties and responsibilities of the Patient Care Manager as delegated and/or in the case of absence.

• Coordinates and directs the unit(s) patient care operations for an assigned shift, acting on behalf of the Patient Care Manager.

• Facilitates orientation, training and ongoing staff development; assists in coaching, developing and corrective action of personnel as appropriate; participates in ongoing and annual evaluation of employee performance. Facilitates the effective delivery of competent, compassionate care by monitoring and evaluating patient care processes and outcomes to facilitate smooth workflow and desired outcomes on the patient care unit(s). Interprets to staff the application and implementation of the philosophy, objectives, policies, and procedures of the unit(s), department, and organization; communicates expectations nd monitors staff performance. Participates in unit goal and program planning, development, and evaluation of programs and special projects as assigned; participates in and supports continuous quality, process, and performance improvement and risk management programs at the unit(s) level.

• Provides competent and compassionate patient care (appropriate to age and condition of the patient), serving as a role model and mentor; and assists with unit workload.

• Serves as a liaison to the Patient Care Manager.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications

• Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to contribute to health care policy formulation when working in partnership with a multidisciplinary team of health care providers

• Ability to delegate responsibly to others, activities according to ability, level of preparation, the standards of practice and regulatory guidelines

• Ability to develop programs and lead process improvement projects

• Ability to establish the strategic direction and business plans for a functional group

• Ability to initiate and implement change conducive to the improvement of the quality and safety of patient care delivery

• Ability to provide leadership, influence others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goals, to effectively prioritize system resources to provide quality and valued patient care, promote cooperative behaviors, act as a role model, resource and mentor

• Ability to supervise, coach, mentor, train, and evaluate work results

• Ability to use information and keep abreast of developments in technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in patient care

• Knowledge of current theories, principles, practices, standards, emerging technologies, techniques and approaches in the nursing profession, and the health care system, and the responsibility and accountability for the outcome of practice

• Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care in the area of assignment

• Knowledge of principles and practices of organization, administration, fiscal and personnel management essential to the practice of nursing in the larger context of health care

• Knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in health care and hospital system organization and administration sufficient to provide clinical management, leadership, coordination, and operational direction for assigned areas of responsibility

Licenses and Certifications

• California Registered Nurse (RN) license

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for providers issued by the American Heart Association

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification issued by the American Heart Association

• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification or must be completed within 6 months of hire

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care

• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health

• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

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Stanford Health Care Job ID #R2444538. Posted job title: Assistant Manager (RN), Peds Emergency (Level 1 Trauma) - 10HR Nights

About Stanford Health Care

Stanford Health Care, along with Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley and Stanford Medicine Partners, is part of the adult health care delivery system of Stanford Medicine. Combining clinical care, research, and education to advance the understanding and practice of medicine, we provide compassionate, coordinated care personalized for the unique needs of every patient.

We are proud to provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and treatment. And we are pioneering leading-edge therapies that will change the way health care is delivered tomorrow.

Stanford Medicine is an ecosystem comprising the School of Medicine and the pediatric and adult health care delivery systems. Together, we harness the full potential of biomedicine through collaborative research, education, and clinical care for patients of all ages. Precision Health is at the core of what we do, preventing disease before it strikes and treating it decisively when it does. Together, uniting our diverse perspectives and collective expertise for the greater good, we are Stanford Medicine

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Continuing Education
• 403b retirement plan
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Pet insurance
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Employee assistance programs
• Life insurance
• Discount program

Job Tags

Full time, Work experience placement, Shift work, Night shift,

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