Job Details

This position is accountable for managing the overall operations of a defined patient care unit during an assigned shift. The incumbent is accountable for monitoring, evaluation, and directing patient care provided by staff, coordinating activities of the patient care unit, making staff assignments and assisting with the development and evaluation of staff members. The incumbent will assist with the recruitment and hiring of staff, evaluating staff competency and evaluating, coaching, and counseling assigned staff in concert with the Manager/Supervisor. This position practices within the scope of the Nursing Practice Act, and in accordance with Valley Children's Hospital policies.

The Perioperative Department (Periop) at Valley Children’s Healthcare (VCH) is a robust division, incorporating many procedural areas and their associated support services. Periop supports every service line within a healthcare system providing care to patients within the Central Valley and its surrounding areas, collaborating with outlying facilities to accomplish the mission of the organization to provide the best care to our patients, always. Phase I recovery begins immediately following the end of the surgical procedure. In most instances, the patient comes to the department still asleep, fully medicated and sometimes still intubated. The team oversees the patient's immediate recovery phase. The unit is busy and often loud when our babies and children are awakening. It is a fast-paced environment with an objective of safely caring for and moving the awake patient to their next phase of care. The Periop department as a whole, employs a vast number of skilled individuals within various units, including registered nurses (RNs), operating room technicians (ORTs), special procedure technicians, sterile processing technicians, imaging technicians, and more. Each division works to provide their team with advancement opportunities that encourage self-development, offer process improvements, and ultimately work to improve outcomes for our patients.

Valley Children’s Healthcare – one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation – provides Central California’s only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children’s delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children in our service area. Our network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to care for children with conditions ranging from common to the highly complex at our 358-bed stand-alone children’s hospital that includes 28 regional NICU beds. Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood disorders center home on the West Coast, and a pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to a Regional Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. We participate in community initiatives, we support community efforts, we get involved where we can do the most good.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 2 years full time or equivalent nursing experience required
• Experience in pediatrics, recovery, operating room and/or hospital inpatient setting a plus
• Prior leadership experience preferred
• Bilingual skills desirable

EDUCATION/LICENSES/CERTIFICATIFICATIONS:

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program
• Bachelor’s degree required, Bachelors in nursing highly desirable
• Active California Registered Nurse licensure (RN)
• HeartCode Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire or transfer into position
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 12 months of hire or transfer into position
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 12 months of hire or transfer into position

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Disclaimer:  Final compensation will be dependent upon skills and experience.