Administrative Liaison - Sharp Chula Vista - Variable Shift - Full Time

Sharp HealthCare•Chula Vista, CA

About The Position

The Administrative Liaison provides effective management of hospital operations and administration during regular and non-regular business hours. The role supports quality, cost-effective patient care; mentors and guides staff; facilitates communication and problem resolution across departments; helps manage patient placement and movement; responds to complaints and crisis situations; supports regulatory compliance; and identifies staffing and resource-use concerns.

Requirements

Three years of recent clinical experience.
California Registered Nurse (RN) license from the California Board of Registered Nursing.
AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Two years of leadership experience.
Prior house supervision experience.
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

Support delivery of quality, cost-effective patient care by understanding staff and unit capabilities, delegating appropriately, and assisting with direct patient care as needed.
Select or support appropriate nursing interventions to achieve patient care outcomes and contribute to efficient departmental operations.
Identify or help implement cost-reducing ideas in care delivery.
Help staff resolve learning or performance issues and orient or mentor staff entering new roles.
Evaluate safety, training, and other programs and tools for opportunities to improve efficiency or effectiveness.
Lead initiatives to improve safety.
Collaborate across disciplines and departments to resolve communication problems, trends, and interdepartmental relationship issues.
Facilitate patient movement and placement priorities in accordance with policy and established guidelines.
In the manager’s absence, address staff, patient, or family complaints.
Provide leadership and direction during rapidly changing workloads and crisis situations, including HEICS events, codes, and traumas.
Serve as a resource to other disciplines and departments and assist staff with prioritizing and resolving operational concerns.
Implement systems that inform staff about, and increase compliance with, regulatory and accreditation standards; lead quality initiatives.
Understand applicable sections of the Welfare and Institutions Code and evaluate patients for 72-hour/5150 detention criteria.
Initiate 5150 involuntary detentions for evaluation and treatment of select patients and advise them verbally and in writing of their rights and the reasons for detention.
Assess patients for 14-day certification criteria when the consulting psychiatrist is unable to assess them, and sign the 14-day certification form as the second evaluator when appropriate.
Identify and report staffing-pattern problems to managers, address barriers to efficient staffing planning, and contribute to cost-effective resource utilization.