Nurse Manager, Addiction Medicine, Pain Management, Care Pathways, Physical Medicine Job Listing at Kaiser Permanente in Kailua, HI (Job ID 3297581-2024-04-03)

Description

Managing the following departments: Addiction Medicine, Pain Management, Care Pathways, Physical Medicine, Rheumatology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery

Job Summary:

Assumes operational accountability for area of responsibility. Provides leadership for assigned clinics. Guides nursing leadership toward excellence in practice. Ensures high quality, accessible and cost-effective health care services meeting needs of customers and are consistent with Regional goals and strategies. Serves as expert resource and consultant to staff and other areas across the continuum. Supervises assigned staff.

• Provides leadership and responsible for driving care delivery. Designs services, staffing and programs to ensure high quality patient care services at optimal controllable cost. Serves as expert resource and consultant to staff and other areas across the continuum.


• Assess and monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care. Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum. Monitors clinical issues for resolution within assigned areas.


• Functions as liaison between administration, physician, staff, patients and other departments. Facilitates communication between physicians, staff and patients. Acts as patient advocate.


• Evaluates department goals alignment with Regional goals and strategies. Leads regional initiatives to improve member satisfaction and quality of care. Participates in or coordinates/leads various leadership, multidisciplinary teams and task forces meetings to improve patient care and services, control costs and/or meet other needs across continuum.


• May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit.


• Provides direct patient care on an as needed basis. Provides services that are within scope of license and in compliance with all legal, regulatory, and policy requirements relevant to clinical role performed.


• Incorporates the KP Nursing Vision, Model and Values throughout their Nursing Practice.


• Hires, trains, supervises, counsels, disciplines, and terminates assigned staff as appropriate.


• Communicates goals, objectives, accountabilities, priorities, and authority parameters to assigned staff.

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• Minimum five (5) years health care administration, nursing, or related experience.


• Minimum two (2) years supervisory experience.

• Bachelors degree in Nursing, Public Health, Business Administration or health care related field; or four (4) years of directly related experience.

• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire

• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association

• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications.


• Short and long-range planning experience.

• Supervisory experience in a health care setting.


• Masters Degree in Nursing, Public Health, Business Administration or a health care related field.

Notes:

• Moanalua Medical Center is primary location (1 -2 days), and - expected to travel to Mapunapuna Medical Center 3 - 4 days a week.