Chief Nursing Officer - Palomar Health Rehabilitation Institute - San Diego
Company: Kindred Healthcare
Location: Escondido
Posted on: May 5, 2022
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Job Description:
Description
Chief Nursing Officer
Palomar Health Rehabilitation Institute - Escondido, CA
Kindred Healthcare and Palomar Healthhave opened a new acute
inpatient rehabilitation hospital. The two-story,
58,000-square-foot facility features 52 inpatient beds and is
located on the campus of Palomar Medical Center in Escondido,
California. The new hospital offers treatment services to a variety
of rehabilitation patient types, including brain injury and stroke
patients. This is San Diego County's first standalone
rehabilitation hospital.
Our culture of caring for our patients and residents begin with our
core values - our employees. We are committed to fostering
professional growth and dedicated healthcare teams that make us the
provider of choice. We embrace a diverse workforce and understand
that hiring outstanding people is the key to providing quality care
- and quality care is what we do every day!
JOB SUMMARY:
Directs and coordinates functions and activities of nursing
department and assigned clinical operation departments. Consults
with and advises Chief Executive Officer on the general operation
of the hospital. Develops nursing and clinical department's goals,
objectives, and standards of performance, policies and procedures.
Organizes nursing and clinical departments according to
administrative and nursing service guidelines; ensures compliance
with legal, organizational, and medical staff standards. Has
authority and responsibility for establishing, directing, and
implementing the Standards of Nursing Practice and the clinical
operations and financial matters related to all nursing and
clinical care areas and functions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Job Specific:
Provides professional working conditions for employees.
Ensures the nursing department staff performs all aspects of
patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and
reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
Assists with development of the budget for the nursing department
in collaboration with the CEO and Controller. Manages costs
associated with personnel, equipment and supplies.
Responsible for staffing plans, management of nursing hours per
patient day, and quality of work of nursing staff.
Assures compliance with nursing scope of practice and HIPAA.
Enforces compliance of the nursing department with
education/in-service requirements/orientation and competencies.
Leads monthly staff meetings and communicates information to/from
management and leadership.
Promotes rehabilitation nursing philosophy and practice; encourages
staff development, including acquisition of CRRN for qualified
registered nurses.
Assists to review and evaluate risk and quality indicators, patient
satisfaction results, and outcomes in order to continually improve
performance and outcomes; communicates this information to the
nursing department.
Performs management activities including interviewing, hiring,
evaluating, counseling, and performance evaluations of staff in the
nursing department.
Assures occurrence of appropriate documentation, including
documentation of medical necessity, by staff in medical records;
monitors completion and revisions to the Interdisciplinary Care
Plan.
Assures education and training is provided to nursing staff on
Quality Indicators (QI); assures timely and accurate QI assessments
and scoring is performed.
Assures nursing attendance and participation in team
conferences.
Ensures that patient charges are accurate and entered on a timely
basis.
Other duties as assigned
Company Specific:
Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean and wears
appropriate identification while on duty
Completes annual health, safety, and education requirements.
Maintains professional growth and development.
Maintains confidentiality of all patient and/or employee
information to assure patient and/or employee rights are
protected.
Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development
over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age
appropriate care to the patient population served.
Reports to work on time as scheduled; adheres to policies regarding
notification of absence.
Attends all mandatory in-services and staff meetings.
Represents the organization in a positive and professional
manner.
Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical
business practices.
Communicates the mission, ethics, and goals of the hospital, as
well as the focus statement of the department.
Maintains current licensure/certification for position, if
applicable.
Consistently demonstrates Guest Relation's skills to patients,
physicians, visitors, employees, and any other individuals with
whom they may come in contact.
Consistently follows departmental and hospital Health, Safety,
Security, Hazardous Materials policies and procedures.
HIPAA: Conduct job responsibilities in accordance with HIPAA
privacy laws, follow hospital policy in provision of patient
confidentiality. Able to identify patient confidentiality issues
and reports to proper hospital personnel immediately.
Compliance: Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with
standards set forth in Kindred's Code of Conduct, Kindred policy
and procedures, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable
standards.
Qualifications
Master's degree in healthcare administration, business
administration, or clinical specialty preferred. Or proof of
intention to complete Master's Degree
Current unrestricted Registered Nurse licensure.
Current CRRN or obtained within 2 years
Minimum of five years' experience in healthcare
administration/management with a minimum of two years' experience
at a senior nursing management level.
Minimum of five years' experience in hospital management in an
inpatient, acute care environment.
Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal
skills.
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