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Job Opportunities
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Clinical Nurse Manager - Surgical Services Department (OR)
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| Salary: |
$31.58 - $44.21 Hourly
$2,526.37 - $3,536.92 Biweekly
$5,473.80 - $7,663.33 Monthly
$65,685.65 - $91,959.91 Annually
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Full-Time Regular |
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Ventura, California
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Under general direction of the Director of Hospital Nursing, responsible for the oversight of delivery of quality nursing care in the Surgical Services Department; management of patient care operations and supervision of personnel in their nursing care area. Clinical Nurse Managers collaborate and cooperate with House supervisors and other Clinical Nurse Managers to provide for the safety and comfort of the patients throughout the hospital.
Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC) is a full-service, acute care hospital, and the hub of the county medical service system. VCMC also has a satellite location in the Santa Clara Valley, Santa Paula Hospital. The system provides access to high quality, compassionate health care to residents throughout Ventura County. While able to implement innovations and respond to the needs of the community, our providers ensure patient care is carefully tailored to the needs of the individual.
EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE: Possible educational incentive of 2.5%, 3.5%, or 5% based on completion of Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree.
BILINGUAL INCENTIVE: Possible Bilingual incentive depending on the applicable MOA and the needs of the department.
AGENCY/DEPARTMENT: Health Care Agency/Ventura County Medical Center & Santa Paula Hospital
Clinical Nurse Manager is a Management position and is exempt from overtime. The position is eligible for benefits at the MB4 level.
The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future regular, temporary, fixed-term, and extra-help vacancies for this position within Health Care Agency. There is currently 1 vacancy.
OPENING DATE: June 30, 2009
CLOSING DATE: Continuous until filled |
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Examples Of Duties:
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Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- Assumes 24-hour accountability for staffing and quality of care of the Surgical Services Departments consistent with hospital standards.
- Develops annual nursing goals for the units, including plan of action, timetable and evaluation methodology, consistent with Nursing Department and hospital goals.
- Recruits, hires, orients, directs, supervises, evaluates and manages a staff development program for nursing staff.
- Maintains clear, effective communication between nursing, medical, and ancillary staff and departments.
- Communicates and administers hospital policies and procedures and participates in development of new policies and procedures specific to nursing operations.
- Participates in the planning of changes for the physical environments of the unit.
- Coordinates nursing Quality Improvement monitoring system by reviewing hospital and employee notification reports, problem identification reports, and unit specific performance improvement projects.
- Prepare quarterly status reports for the Performance Improvement Coordinating Council on various clinical focus areas.
- Insures nursing care is coordinated with prescribed medical plan of care and maintains effective communication for collaborative planning with the medical staff.
- Makes daily rounds to identify patient needs, assess quality of care and serves as a staff resource for resolving patient issues, and is familiar with various surgical areas.
- Insures notification forms are investigated, completed timely, submitted to the Nurse Executive, and appropriate action initiated.
- Participates in department and hospital committees.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
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Typical Qualifications:
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These are entrance requirements to the examination process and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on an eligible list.
EDUCATION, TRAINING, and EXPERIENCE
Requires graduation from an accredited School of Nursing, a minimum of two (2) years' full-time experience in a hospital of similar size to Ventura County Medical Center, and at least two (2) years' experience in a supervisory position.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT(S)
Must possess and maintain a current valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of California, or licensure in another state with California licensure pending. Must also possess a current BCLS certification.
PREFERRED/DESIRABLE
5 or more years working in Surgical Services.
Applicants should provide sufficient information under the Education/Work Experience portion of the application and Supplemental Questionnaire, if applicable, in order to determine eligibility. A resume may be attached to supplement your responses in the above sections; however, it may not be substituted in lieu of the application. |
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Examination Process:
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FINAL FILING DATE: This is a continuous recruitment and can be closed at any time. Your application must be received by the County of Ventura Health Care Agency, Human Resources Division in Ventura, California, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date the recruitment is closed.
To apply on-line refer to web site: www.ventura.org/hr. If you prefer to fill out a paper application form, please call (805) 677-5302 for application materials. Our address is: County of Ventura Health Care Agency, Human Resources Division, 2323 Knoll Dr., Ste. 100, Ventura, CA 93003. We do not accept resumes in lieu of our application form, nor do we accept any application materials via email.
Applicants must provide sufficient information under the Education/Work experience portion of the application to determine eligibility. Using “See Resume” or “Text Resume” instead of adequately completing all sections of the application will result in the application being removed from further consideration.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE – qualifying: All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this examination AT THE TIME OF FILING. The supplemental questionnaire may be used throughout the examination process to assist in determining each applicant’s qualifications and acceptability for the position. Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire will result in the application being removed from consideration.
APPLICATION EVALUATION – 100%: An Application Evaluation will be conducted. A score will be assigned to each application based on established criteria. Such score will be considered as the final score for placement on the eligible list. Candidates successfully completing the examination process may be placed on an eligible list for a period of one (1) year.
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: Applicants may be subjected to a thorough background investigation which may include inquiry into past employment, education, credit, criminal background information and driving record.
For further information about this recruitment please call (805) 677-5302 or send an e-mail to HCAHR@ventura.org. |
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