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<body><h3>Staff Nurse</h3><br/><p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;"><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;">4-10's Conscious sedation experience strongly preferred.</span></span><br/><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;">Contract differentials of additional $4/hour.</span></span><br/><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;">American Heart Association ACLS and BLS required to start.</span></span><br/><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;">Please include your Washington State or Compact Multistate RN license, AHA BLS and ACLS #-s with issue and expiration dates.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,"><strong>Job Summary:</strong></span></p><div><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,">Provide nursing care to a defined group of patients, adhering to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington ambulatory Nursing Care Standards, the Nursing Code of Ethics and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington policies.  Coordinate and facilitate Health Care services for the patient in other segments of the Health Care delivery system.  Provide and coordinate nursing care for the patient in collaboration with the Health Care team.  The Registered Nurse is an integral member of the Health Care team, overseeing and participating in patient assessment and the formulation and implementation of the care plan.</span></div><div><br/><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,"><strong>Essential Responsibilities:</strong></span></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:1px;margin-top:0;"><li><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,">Using the nursing process, provides ongoing assessment of the nursing care needs of a defined group of patients.  Uses nursing diagnosis to describe this assessment. Develops a written plan of care for patient care needs. Assists patients and families/significant others in developing health care goals which are part of the individualized plan of care. Determines priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available resources. Provides nursing interventions safely and competently.  Provides the patient and family/significant others with information preceding interventions. Provides telephone consultation to patients and family/significant others Provides ongoing evaluation of the patients response to care. Anticipates and recognizes changes in the patients status and need for nursing care. Modifies the individual plan of care in collaboration with the health care team.</span></li><li><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,">Demonstrates understanding of the physiologic and psychological effects of normal aging by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to meet the needs of those populations served. Demonstrates effective communication skills with those specific age populations served. Identifies own learning needs and participates in educational programs related to those age-specific patient populations served (Neonatal, Pediatric, Adolescent, Geriatric). Collaborates, communicates and coordinates with other health care team members in planning and implementing care. Assesses the needs of designated patients requiring hospitalization; initiates nursing admission database and discharge planning in collaboration with inpatient staff and physician. Cooperates and communicates effectively with other team members in order to accomplish the workload.</span></li><li><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,">Communicates recognition of the patients and family/significant others psychosocial, cultural and emotional needs in each nurse-patient interaction. Orients patients and family/significant others to the role of the professional nurse and other health care team members, the nursing services available, and the means of access to those services. Reinforces orientation to the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Identifies the patients educational needs as part of the nursing assessment. Develops an educational component for each nursing care plan. Provides teaching/counseling congruent with patients and family/significant others learning needs and the medical plan of care. Encourages patient compliance with therapeutic and medical regimens. Teaching is based on scientific and behavioral knowledge.</span></li><li><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,">Assesses patient lifestyle risk factors. Integrates health promotion and preventive aspects of care with the ongoing assessment of nursing care needs. Works with patient to develop a plan to improve general health status. Implements physical and psychological preventive measures. Promotes patient self-care responsibility for meeting their own health needs. Adheres to KFHPW documentation standards. Provides a safe environment for each patient and adheres to KFHPW safety standards. Adheres to KFHPW infection control standards and guidelines, including the guidelines for reporting communicable diseases.</span></li><li><span geneva,="" sans-serif;font-size:12px;="" style="font-family:Tahoma,">Identifies own learning needs and participates in continued education programs to meet those needs. Participates in staff orientation and student education activities. Collaborates with managers in completing the process for self and colleague/team performance reviews.  Assures quality of care through development, implementation and evaluation of professional nursing standards and participation in multidisciplinary quality assurance activities. Participates in professional activities. Participates in nursing research and incorporates research findings into nursing practice. Adheres to KFHPW personnel policies and maintains a high standard of professional work habits.  Consistently demonstrates an appearance consistent with current KFHPW dress code policy.</span></li></ul><br/><div><strong>Basic Qualifications:</strong></div><div><u>Experience</u></div><ul><li><div>N/A</div></li></ul><div><u>Education</u></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:1px;margin-top:0;"><li>Associates degree in Nursing from an accredited program.</li></ul><div><u>License, Certification, Registration</u></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;"><li><p style="margin-left:1px;">Registered Nurse License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse required at hire <br/> </p></li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;"><li><p style="margin-left:1px;">Basic Life Support required at hire<br/> </p></li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:1px;margin-top:0;"><li>Advanced Cardiac Life Support required at hire<br/> </li></ul><div><strong>Additional Requirements:</strong></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:1px;margin-top:0;"><li>Communication, problem-solving, leadership and decision-making skills.</li></ul><div><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:1px;margin-top:0;"><li>Ambulatory care nursing experience.</li><li>Primary nursing or case-management experience.</li><li>Bachelor of science in Nursing (BSN).</li></ul></body>

Staff Nurse4-10's Conscious sedation experience strongly preferred.Contract differentials of additional $4/hour.American Heart Association ACLS and BLS required to start.Please include your Washington State or Compact Multistate RN license, AHA BLS and ACLS #-s with issue and expiration dates.Job Summary:Provide nursing care to a defined group of patients, adhering to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington ambulatory Nursing Care Standards, the Nursing Code of Ethics and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington policies. Coordinate and facilitate Health Care services for the patient in other segments of the Health Care delivery system. Provide and coordinate nursing care for the patient in collaboration with the Health Care team. The Registered Nurse is an integral member of the Health Care team, overseeing and participating in patient assessment and the formulation and implementation of the care plan.Essential Responsibilities:Using the nursing process, provides ongoing assessment of the nursing care needs of a defined group of patients. Uses nursing diagnosis to describe this assessment. Develops a written plan of care for patient care needs. Assists patients and families/significant others in developing health care goals which are part of the individualized plan of care. Determines priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available resources. Provides nursing interventions safely and competently. Provides the patient and family/significant others with information preceding interventions. Provides telephone consultation to patients and family/significant others Provides ongoing evaluation of the patients response to care. Anticipates and recognizes changes in the patients status and need for nursing care. Modifies the individual plan of care in collaboration with the health care team.Demonstrates understanding of the physiologic and psychological effects of normal aging by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to meet the needs of those populations served. Demonstrates effective communication skills with those specific age populations served. Identifies own learning needs and participates in educational programs related to those age-specific patient populations served (Neonatal, Pediatric, Adolescent, Geriatric). Collaborates, communicates and coordinates with other health care team members in planning and implementing care. Assesses the needs of designated patients requiring hospitalization; initiates nursing admission database and discharge planning in collaboration with inpatient staff and physician. Cooperates and communicates effectively with other team members in order to accomplish the workload.Communicates recognition of the patients and family/significant others psychosocial, cultural and emotional needs in each nurse-patient interaction. Orients patients and family/significant others to the role of the professional nurse and other health care team members, the nursing services available, and the means of access to those services. Reinforces orientation to the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Identifies the patients educational needs as part of the nursing assessment. Develops an educational component for each nursing care plan. Provides teaching/counseling congruent with patients and family/significant others learning needs and the medical plan of care. Encourages patient compliance with therapeutic and medical regimens. Teaching is based on scientific and behavioral knowledge.Assesses patient lifestyle risk factors. Integrates health promotion and preventive aspects of care with the ongoing assessment of nursing care needs. Works with patient to develop a plan to improve general health status. Implements physical and psychological preventive measures. Promotes patient self-care responsibility for meeting their own health needs. Adheres to KFHPW documentation standards. Provides a safe environment for each patient and adheres to KFHPW safety standards. Adheres to KFHPW infection control standards and guidelines, including the guidelines for reporting communicable diseases.Identifies own learning needs and participates in continued education programs to meet those needs. Participates in staff orientation and student education activities. Collaborates with managers in completing the process for self and colleague/team performance reviews. Assures quality of care through development, implementation and evaluation of professional nursing standards and participation in multidisciplinary quality assurance activities. Participates in professional activities. Participates in nursing research and incorporates research findings into nursing practice. Adheres to KFHPW personnel policies and maintains a high standard of professional work habits. Consistently demonstrates an appearance consistent with current KFHPW dress code policy.Basic Qualifications:ExperienceN/AEducationAssociates degree in Nursing from an accredited program.License, Certification, RegistrationRegistered Nurse License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse required at hire Basic Life Support required at hire Advanced Cardiac Life Support required at hire Additional Requirements:Communication, problem-solving, leadership and decision-making skills.Preferred Qualifications:Ambulatory care nursing experience.Primary nursing or case-management experience.Bachelor of science in Nursing (BSN).

<body><h3>Nurse Manager I - Case Management -Seattle</h3><br/><div style="text-align:center;"><strong>**  NURSE MANAGER I - CONTINUUM OF CARE - CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM - SEATTLE WA  **</strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong>**  PRIOR CASE MANAGEMENT WORK EXPERIENCE NEEDED - MCG/INTERQUAL  **</strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong>DISCHARGE PLANNING CASE MANAGEMENT FOR KPWA CAPITOL HILL, SWEDISH FIRST HILL AND SWEDISH CHERRY HILL LOCATIONS</strong></div><div> </div><div><strong>Job Summary:</strong></div><p>In addition to the responsibilities below, this position is also responsible for implementing best practice models; implementing patient care delivery systems and practice standards in one or more locations; investigating and resolving patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care and services; collaborating with physicians, outside healthcare providers, and other health care team members to achieve optimal and safe patient care across the continuum; monitoring resource needs in assigned clinical areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; monitoring the use and maintenance of equipment, supplies and medications; fostering a safe environment for patients and employees; maintaining clinical expertise of self and/or team, providing clinical supervision, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care in the unit; delegating tasks and duties that are aligned to scope of practice; and performing clinical duties as required.</p><div><br/><strong>Essential Responsibilities:</strong></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:1px;margin-top:0;"><li>Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Leads, adapts, implements, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making.</li><li>Manages designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; determines and ensures processes and methodologies are implemented; resolves escalated issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Fosters the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.</li><li>Manages continuum of care / care at home operations to support patient care by: driving implementation of action items and supporting compliance with timelines and financial commitments; using and providing feedback on standard reports and identifying needed ad hoc reporting to meet specific client needs related to workflow and performance targets; providing feedback as needed on data collection, reviewing data, and translating reports into short-term operational initiatives; managing human resources activities related to recruitment, creating and ensuring the use of standardized procedures and processes for employee management; leading survey and compliance readiness activities, including mock rounds and mitigating issues, to maintain compliance and regulatory standards and developing procedures for preparing audit documentation, information, and reports; and assisting in the development and management of their departments expenditures, payroll, and non-payroll budget with input from a higher-level leader.</li><li>Ensures standardized care delivery by: developing strategic partnerships with physicians and subject matter experts and managing complex work streams and implementing strategic initiatives with significant program impact; using data and analysis to ensure strategic alignment while developing and implementing plans; proactively monitoring and managing daily operational activities involving patient care management, ensuring consistency and seamless transitions across the continuum of care; managing resources in clinical areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; managing multidisciplinary continuum of care / care at home team(s); supports managing local agency and outside provider contract/vendor relations that provide optimal patient care and medical services for care across the continuum; implementing emergency preparedness programs and ensuring the teams emergency preparedness and recovery plans are current and that staff are trained and know what is expected during and after an emergency; and leading project teams, initiatives and monitoring implementation and delivery on objectives.</li><li>Manages improvements to operations and technology processes by: defining issues and overseeing the development of goals and priorities for strategic projects designed to remediate issues and improve quality, service, affordability, and/or operating efficiency; applying a structured approach for identifying root causes and implementing solutions to improve the performance of operations system processes; and ensuring performance metrics used to monitor the success of strategic improvement projects are tied to strategic department initiatives.</li></ul><br/><div> <b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></div> <br/><ul style="margin-top: 0;margin-left: 1px;margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Bachelors degree in Nursing (BSN) AND minimum three (3) years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field.</li><li>Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.</li><li>Minimum two (2) years of customer or member/patient service experience.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul style="margin-top: 0;margin-left: 1px;margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Basic Life Support required at hire</li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0;margin-left: 1px;margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Registered Nurse License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse required at hire </li></ul> <br/></body>

Nurse Manager I - Case Management -Seattle** NURSE MANAGER I - CONTINUUM OF CARE - CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM - SEATTLE WA **** PRIOR CASE MANAGEMENT WORK EXPERIENCE NEEDED - MCG/INTERQUAL **DISCHARGE PLANNING CASE MANAGEMENT FOR KPWA CAPITOL HILL, SWEDISH FIRST HILL AND SWEDISH CHERRY HILL LOCATIONS Job Summary:In addition to the responsibilities below, this position is also responsible for implementing best practice models; implementing patient care delivery systems and practice standards in one or more locations; investigating and resolving patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care and services; collaborating with physicians, outside healthcare providers, and other health care team members to achieve optimal and safe patient care across the continuum; monitoring resource needs in assigned clinical areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; monitoring the use and maintenance of equipment, supplies and medications; fostering a safe environment for patients and employees; maintaining clinical expertise of self and/or team, providing clinical supervision, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care in the unit; delegating tasks and duties that are aligned to scope of practice; and performing clinical duties as required.Essential Responsibilities:Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Leads, adapts, implements, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making.Manages designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; determines and ensures processes and methodologies are implemented; resolves escalated issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Fosters the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.Manages continuum of care / care at home operations to support patient care by: driving implementation of action items and supporting compliance with timelines and financial commitments; using and providing feedback on standard reports and identifying needed ad hoc reporting to meet specific client needs related to workflow and performance targets; providing feedback as needed on data collection, reviewing data, and translating reports into short-term operational initiatives; managing human resources activities related to recruitment, creating and ensuring the use of standardized procedures and processes for employee management; leading survey and compliance readiness activities, including mock rounds and mitigating issues, to maintain compliance and regulatory standards and developing procedures for preparing audit documentation, information, and reports; and assisting in the development and management of their departments expenditures, payroll, and non-payroll budget with input from a higher-level leader.Ensures standardized care delivery by: developing strategic partnerships with physicians and subject matter experts and managing complex work streams and implementing strategic initiatives with significant program impact; using data and analysis to ensure strategic alignment while developing and implementing plans; proactively monitoring and managing daily operational activities involving patient care management, ensuring consistency and seamless transitions across the continuum of care; managing resources in clinical areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; managing multidisciplinary continuum of care / care at home team(s); supports managing local agency and outside provider contract/vendor relations that provide optimal patient care and medical services for care across the continuum; implementing emergency preparedness programs and ensuring the teams emergency preparedness and recovery plans are current and that staff are trained and know what is expected during and after an emergency; and leading project teams, initiatives and monitoring implementation and delivery on objectives.Manages improvements to operations and technology processes by: defining issues and overseeing the development of goals and priorities for strategic projects designed to remediate issues and improve quality, service, affordability, and/or operating efficiency; applying a structured approach for identifying root causes and implementing solutions to improve the performance of operations system processes; and ensuring performance metrics used to monitor the success of strategic improvement projects are tied to strategic department initiatives. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors degree in Nursing (BSN) AND minimum three (3) years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field.Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.Minimum two (2) years of customer or member/patient service experience.Basic Life Support required at hireRegistered Nurse License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse required at hire 

<body><h3>Nurse Manager II - Emergency Department  Seattle WA</h3><br/><div style="text-align:center;"><strong>**   EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE MANAGER II  -  CAPITOL HILL/SEATTLE WA!   **</strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong>PRIOR ER/ED LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT PLUS - NEEDED</strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong>**  MONDAY -FRIDAY   7:00 PM - 4:00 PM  **</strong></div><div> </div><div><strong>Job Summary:</strong></div><p>In addition to the responsibilities below, this position is also responsible for leading the implementation of best practice models; leading the implementation of patient care delivery systems and practice standards in several locations; delegating tasks related to the investigation and resolution of patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care and services; facilitating collaboration with physicians, outside healthcare providers, and other health care team members to achieve optimal and safe patient care across the continuum; proactively monitoring resource needs in several clinical areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; managing the use and maintenance of equipment, supplies and medications; ensuring a safe environment for patients and employees; maintaining clinical expertise, providing clinical supervision, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care in the unit; delegating tasks and duties that are aligned to scope of practice; and performing clinical duties as required. Collaborates with Nursing Clinical Practice to ensure 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.</p><div><br/><strong>Essential Responsibilities:</strong></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:1px;margin-top:0;"><li>Creates and advocates for developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works with leaders and employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; strategically evaluates talent for succession planning; sets performance management guidelines and expectations across teams / units. Oversees implementation, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends; shares best practices within and across teams. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams; motivates teams to meet business objectives. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making; fosters access to stakeholders.</li><li>Manages designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed; partners with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure products and/or services meet requirements and expectations while aligning with departmental strategies. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; assumes responsibility for decision making; fosters direct reports to resolve escalated issues as appropriate. Communicates goals and objectives; incorporates resources, costs, and forecasts into team and unit plans; ensures matrixed resources are fulfilling service or performance requirements across reporting lines. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams and units to operate in alignment with operational and business objectives.</li><li>Manages hospital administrative functions to support patient care by: negotiating timelines for action item implementation and monitoring compliance to financial commitments; developing and implementing ad hoc reports that capture workflows and developing strategies to achieve performance targets; developing and guiding short- and long-term operational initiatives, and managing program, services, and/or systems; assuming accountability for activities across functions including workplace and patient safety, human resources (e.g., recruitment, selection, promoting active recruitment, performance evaluation and management), labor relations, training and development, and quality/risk management issues; designing continuous survey readiness activities including mock rounds and mitigating issues to maintain compliance and regulatory standards, and developing procedures for preparing audit documentation, information, and reports; and leading in the development, monitoring, and control of departmental payroll and non-payroll budget and other aspects of financial management and cost control/reduction.</li><li>Manages care delivery operations and programs within a twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week operational environment by: developing strategic partnerships with physicians, subject matter experts, and service area leaders, and overseeing highly complex work steams with large program impact; leading the development and implementation of plans, policies, and processes for data-gathering and analysis while ensuring alignment with guidelines and regulations; aligning direct and/or indirect patient care management solutions across departments; managing resources in hospital areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; leading multidisciplinary hospital team(s) and holding team(s) accountable for performance; assisting the design of emergency preparedness programs; ensuring the departments emergency preparedness and recovery plans are current, ensuring managers and staff are trained and understand expectations for during and after an emergency; leading project teams and/or initiatives and monitoring implementation, equitable distribution of resources, and delivery on objectives; and leading teams responsible for the delivery of nursing services and patient care within a twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week operational environment in alignment with cost, quality, and clinical and utilization standards.</li><li>Manages improvements to operations and technology processes by: leading and implementing long-term cross-functional strategic projects designed to achieve goals related to issue remediation and improved quality, service, affordability, and/or operating efficiency; developing and managing a structured approach for identifying root causes and implementing solutions to improve the performance of operations system processes and address quality and safety issues; collaborating with senior leadership on the development of strategic plans with the goal of achieving integrated services across the continuum of care; and ensuring performance metrics used to monitor the success of strategic improvement projects are tied to strategic organizational initiatives.</li><li>Ensures safe, quality, and standardized care delivery within a twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week operational environment by: driving the continuous improvement of the quality and safety of clinical practices, services, and operations for patients and staff; holding staff and direct reports accountable for maintaining compliance with legal and regulatory requirements (e.g., Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission [TJC], federal, state, and local requirements) updated by governmental and regulatory agencies; and leading the design and implementation of systems, processes, and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within assigned department and across the continuum of care.</li></ul><br/><div> <b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></div> <br/><ul style="margin-top: 0;margin-left: 1px;margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Minimum five (5) years of experience in patient care delivery.</li><li>Minimum four (4) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.</li><li>Bachelors degree in a Business, Nursing, Health Care, or directly related field AND minimum five (5) years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field OR minimum eight (8) years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul style="margin-top: 0;margin-left: 1px;margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Pediatric Advanced Life Support required at hire</li></ul> <ul style="margin-top: 0;margin-left: 1px;margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Advanced Cardiac Life Support required at hire</li></ul> <ul style="margin-top: 0;margin-left: 1px;margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Basic Life Support required at hire</li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0;margin-left: 1px;margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Registered Nurse License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse required at hire </li></ul> <br/></body>

Nurse Manager II - Emergency Department Seattle WA** EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE MANAGER II - CAPITOL HILL/SEATTLE WA! **PRIOR ER/ED LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT PLUS - NEEDED** MONDAY -FRIDAY 7:00 PM - 4:00 PM ** Job Summary:In addition to the responsibilities below, this position is also responsible for leading the implementation of best practice models; leading the implementation of patient care delivery systems and practice standards in several locations; delegating tasks related to the investigation and resolution of patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care and services; facilitating collaboration with physicians, outside healthcare providers, and other health care team members to achieve optimal and safe patient care across the continuum; proactively monitoring resource needs in several clinical areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; managing the use and maintenance of equipment, supplies and medications; ensuring a safe environment for patients and employees; maintaining clinical expertise, providing clinical supervision, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care in the unit; delegating tasks and duties that are aligned to scope of practice; and performing clinical duties as required. Collaborates with Nursing Clinical Practice to ensure 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.Essential Responsibilities:Creates and advocates for developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works with leaders and employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; strategically evaluates talent for succession planning; sets performance management guidelines and expectations across teams / units. Oversees implementation, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends; shares best practices within and across teams. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams; motivates teams to meet business objectives. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making; fosters access to stakeholders.Manages designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed; partners with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure products and/or services meet requirements and expectations while aligning with departmental strategies. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; assumes responsibility for decision making; fosters direct reports to resolve escalated issues as appropriate. Communicates goals and objectives; incorporates resources, costs, and forecasts into team and unit plans; ensures matrixed resources are fulfilling service or performance requirements across reporting lines. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams and units to operate in alignment with operational and business objectives.Manages hospital administrative functions to support patient care by: negotiating timelines for action item implementation and monitoring compliance to financial commitments; developing and implementing ad hoc reports that capture workflows and developing strategies to achieve performance targets; developing and guiding short- and long-term operational initiatives, and managing program, services, and/or systems; assuming accountability for activities across functions including workplace and patient safety, human resources (e.g., recruitment, selection, promoting active recruitment, performance evaluation and management), labor relations, training and development, and quality/risk management issues; designing continuous survey readiness activities including mock rounds and mitigating issues to maintain compliance and regulatory standards, and developing procedures for preparing audit documentation, information, and reports; and leading in the development, monitoring, and control of departmental payroll and non-payroll budget and other aspects of financial management and cost control/reduction.Manages care delivery operations and programs within a twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week operational environment by: developing strategic partnerships with physicians, subject matter experts, and service area leaders, and overseeing highly complex work steams with large program impact; leading the development and implementation of plans, policies, and processes for data-gathering and analysis while ensuring alignment with guidelines and regulations; aligning direct and/or indirect patient care management solutions across departments; managing resources in hospital areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; leading multidisciplinary hospital team(s) and holding team(s) accountable for performance; assisting the design of emergency preparedness programs; ensuring the departments emergency preparedness and recovery plans are current, ensuring managers and staff are trained and understand expectations for during and after an emergency; leading project teams and/or initiatives and monitoring implementation, equitable distribution of resources, and delivery on objectives; and leading teams responsible for the delivery of nursing services and patient care within a twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week operational environment in alignment with cost, quality, and clinical and utilization standards.Manages improvements to operations and technology processes by: leading and implementing long-term cross-functional strategic projects designed to achieve goals related to issue remediation and improved quality, service, affordability, and/or operating efficiency; developing and managing a structured approach for identifying root causes and implementing solutions to improve the performance of operations system processes and address quality and safety issues; collaborating with senior leadership on the development of strategic plans with the goal of achieving integrated services across the continuum of care; and ensuring performance metrics used to monitor the success of strategic improvement projects are tied to strategic organizational initiatives.Ensures safe, quality, and standardized care delivery within a twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week operational environment by: driving the continuous improvement of the quality and safety of clinical practices, services, and operations for patients and staff; holding staff and direct reports accountable for maintaining compliance with legal and regulatory requirements (e.g., Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission [TJC], federal, state, and local requirements) updated by governmental and regulatory agencies; and leading the design and implementation of systems, processes, and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within assigned department and across the continuum of care. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum five (5) years of experience in patient care delivery.Minimum four (4) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.Bachelors degree in a Business, Nursing, Health Care, or directly related field AND minimum five (5) years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field OR minimum eight (8) years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field.Pediatric Advanced Life Support required at hire Advanced Cardiac Life Support required at hire Basic Life Support required at hireRegistered Nurse License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse required at hire 

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