Lead Clinical Nurse - Hospice Homes - Night Shift - Full-time 0.9 FTE

Hours:

Shift Start Time:

7 PM

Shift End Time:

7:30 AM

AWS Hours Requirement:

12/36 - 12 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

Every Other

On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$70.010 - $90.340 - $110.660

 

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. 

 

What You Will Do
To provide leadership and coordination of shift operations in a defined clinical area. The position is required to float to all four hospice home locations.

Required Qualifications

• 2 Years recent, pertinent, clinical experience.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• Driver's License - CA Department of Motor Vehicles -REQUIRED.
• ServSafe Food Handler Certified - National Restaurant Association -REQUIRED

A valid driver's license may be required if driving is expected to be a function of the position and using alternative form of transportation would not be comparable in travel time or cost to the employer.
 

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Leadership experience
• End of life care (Hospice/Palliative Care) experience
• 3-5 years of inpatient nursing experience
• HPCC Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) - Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center -PREFERRED

Other Qualification Requirements

• Current Food Handler's Card or acquisition within 90 days of hire.
  
  Utilizes reliable transportation and possesses adequate personal insurance coverage. Demonstrates clean driving record in accordance with requirements of the employer DMV pull notice program and Sharp HealthCare Driver Guidelines.
• A valid driver's license may be required if driving is expected to be a function of the position and using alternative form of transportation would not be comparable in travel time or cost to the employer.

Essential Functions

• Achieve patient outcomes
  Demonstrates clinical competence in area of practice
  Participates in quality improvement unit activities based on unit focus/priorities.
  Performs one or more of the following:
  Assists with identifying clinical learning needs of staff and assures learning achieved.
  Implements systems to inform/monitor staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
  Implements action plan to improve clinical care of patients.
  Develops new area of expertise relevant to clinical area.
• Achieves operational outcomes
  Collaborates with other disciplines/departments to resolve daily operational issues when supervising unit.
  Performs one or more of the following:
  Facilitates staff in prioritizing and problem solving daily operational issues.
  Collaborates with Physicians to address operational issues.
  Demonstrates resolution of operational issue with targeted outcomes as negotiated with manager or director.
  Collaborates with other disciplines/departments to resolve identifies issues with demonstrated improvement in operational flow.
• Human resource management
  All 90 day and annual performance reviews are completed within 30 days of due date.
  Assures employee files are current and complete including annual PPD, CPR, RN licensure, safety test, etc.
  Performs one or more of the following:
  Orients/mentors staff into new roles resulting in achieved competencies within identified timelines.
  Develops staff's leadership skills, facilitating learning and growth.
  Assists staff to resolve identified learning/performance issues.
  Develops new area of expertise relevant to human resource management.
• Oversee productivity
  Achieves productivity score between 98-100%
  Monitors flexing, on-call, skill mix, use of overtime, per diem and registry.
  Performs one or more of the following:
  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 with