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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, California

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Description: The Clinical Nurse Specialist role at KP Southern California Region is a clinical manager who partners with the operational manager to ensure that nursing staff delivers safe and effective care. The role is built around the five role sub-components as regulated by the California Board of Registered Nursing: Leadership, Consultation, Research, Education,and Clinical Practice.

Essential Functions:

Develops area of specialty competency criteria for outcome monitoring of the staff.

Assists in interviewing staffand provides input into evaluations regarding clinical competence, participating in the creation, implementation,and follow up of action plans for professional, competency developmentand recommending terminations when appropriate.

Conducts cost/benefit analysis of new clinical technologies resulting in recommendations for implementationand budgets.

Provides coachingand counseling to the nursing staffand other health care providers.

Participates as a part of management in providing 24 hour clinical leadership by developing standards of practice, policiesand procedures for a specialty patient population that are consistent with professional practice standards.

Partnerswith fellow clinicaland operational managers in implementing methodsand processes in specialty area to support change in nursing practice, care programs,and clinical innovation achieving improved patient/family outcomes.

Evaluates clinical practice in areas of specialty to ensure community/professional standards are met.

Manages high risk patients in the area of specialty in order to achieve safe, high quality, cost effective outcomes for the system.

Rounds with the multi-disciplinary team in specialty area (any settingand includes community needs assessments).

Evaluates policiesand procedures for clinical nursing practice in specialty area integrating the evidence from systematic reviews.

Facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration based on clinical needs of patient/family related to specialty area.

Participates in outcomes research/evidence based practice projects.

Identifies clinical quality indicators for specialty populations.

Conducts systematic reviews in a specialty area.

Implements methodsand processes in area of specialty to sustain change in nursing practice, programs of care,and clinical innovation.

Active involvement with specialty specific professional organizations as evidenced by participation on the professional organization leadershipand operational groups (such as Committees) and/or participation at professional conferences.

Develops, implements/coordinates,and evaluates specialty education programs for patientand families.

Develops, implements/coordinates,and evaluates specialty training programs for nursing staff, including nurses in the communities.

Leads multi-disciplinary project teams.

Develops, implements,and evaluates successful projects using scientific operations management principlesand methodologies.

Investigatesand resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding the delivery of nursing care.

Develops, monitors,and supervises policies that integrate businessand organization plans in operations.

Ensures that patient careand quality standards meetand comply with federal, state,and local regulatory requirementsand established departmental policyand procedures, utilizationand clinical performance standardsand measures.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

Minimum three (3) years of experience in area of specialty required.

Education

Clinical master's degree in nursing, in area of specialization.

Graduate of accredited school of nursing.

License, Certification, Registration

California Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification in area of specialty.

Current California RN license.

CurrentBLS certificate

Additional Requirements:

Demonstrated clinical expertise in area of specialty.

Recent project management experience.

Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.

Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Clinical Nurse Specialist experience preferred.

Experience in Neuro. ICU and Stroke patient management preferred.

ACLS/NIHSS certification required.

HECSC13

Primary Location: California,Los Angeles,Los Angeles Medical Center 4867 W. Sunset Blvd. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 8:00 AM Working Hours End: 4:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: Non-Union, Non-Exempt Job Level: Manager with Direct Reports Job Category: Nursing Licensed Specialty: Advanced Practice Department: Med Ofc Admin Subspecialty Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.

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