Assists in managing a single department or multiple small departments providing ambulatory patient care services by supervising daily operations and patient care activities. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care and patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Implements and supervises the maintenance of clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development. Assists in integrating services/operations with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcome measures, as well as with business, departmental and organizational goals/objectives.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in ambulatory care or other relevant clinical experience required.
• OR
• Minimum two (2) years in a healthcare leadership capacityORCompletion of Kaiser Permanente Southern California Postgraduate Fellowship in Health Care Administration.

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.Bachelors degree or four (4) years experience in a directly related field.
• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration:

• Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire
• Basic Life Support required at hire from American Heart Association

Additional Requirements:Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, TJC, and other local state, federal regulations. Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clinical specialization in area of practice (pediatrics) preferred.
• Ambulatory care leadership experience is preferred.

Notes: RN ADA for general Pediatrics and pediatrics sub-specialties.

About the Hospital

At Kaiser Permanente, our nurses are leaders, clinicians, researchers, innovators, and scientists. For more than 70 years, we’ve offered our nurses the opportunity to advance the delivery of excellent, compassionate care for our members. When you choose a career with us, you’ll boldly transform care while improving the health of our communities and nation. As we work towards achieving Magnet recognition by 2025, these jobs will give you even more opportunities to innovate, evolve, and bring to life the KP model of total care.