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Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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<tr><td valign="top" width="450"><b>Title: Charge Nurse - Ambulatory Care, (Bilingual/Spanish)Location: Santa Rosa, CAAs a leader of the health care team, directs departmental operations & provides professional nursing care, including utilizing the nursing process in accordance w/established standards of care, policies, & procedures. Participates in effective resource allocation by assuring appropriate assignments, staffing, & scheduling. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality & effectiveness in work habits & clinical practice; & treats coworker''s, patients, families, & all members of the health care team w/dignity & respect.Essential Functions:The Charge Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, & behaviors:- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when & where appropriate to do so.- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs & availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, & supplies).- Identifies patient/family learning needs & acts to meet them.- Demonstrates an awareness of & sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural & ethical beliefs.- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.- Acknowledges staff rights & cultural & ethical beliefs.- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.- Utilizes effective communication methods & skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified by the institution.- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit & department personnel.- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality & risk management in all aspects of patient care & unit functioning.- Participates in unit & department Performance Improvement activities.- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.- Identifies & solves problems effectively.- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.- Provides data for staffing decisions & demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers & telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking & conveying information.- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.- Upholds Kaiser Permanente''s Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, & applicable state, federal & local laws.- Provides professional leadership & direction of department personnel in order to maintain efficient delivery of effective patient care.- Mentors, orients, & coaches others in unit specific operations & patient care activities.- Shares responsibility & authority w/subordinates & holds them accountable for performance.- Demonstrates ability to identify & resolve problems in collaboration w/work team & w/other departments.- The incumbent motivates & provides clinical direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire, discipline, nor effective input into such.Qualifications:Basic Qualifications:- Spanish Speaking required- At least two (2) years of practicing as a Registered Nurse.- At least two (2) years of recent full-time or part-time equivalent experience in the ambulatory care setting &/or specialty area.- AMBULATORY CARE GENERALIST - 2 years acute care experience. 6 months recent (within the last 3 years) experience in an ambulatory care setting. Leadership experience preferred.- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are requir

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