Job Description
Manager position is eligible to participate in the Manager Incentive Plan.
At Scripps Health, you’ll join a team of dedicated caregivers committed to providing exceptional, patient-centered healthcare. Here, your efforts will be recognized and appreciated as you build a fulfilling career with one of the nation’s most respected healthcare organizations.
Why join Scripps Health?
AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:
- #8 Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care 2024
- #100 Fortune Best Companies to work for in 2024
- Becker’s 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare
- Recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024
- Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
About the Stepdown Unit
Our Stepdown Unit at Scripps Mercy Chula Vista is a 34-bed facility focused on high-acuity patients, including those recovering from strokes, cardiac issues, and patients on critical drip protocols. This unit specializes in continuous cardiac monitoring for conditions such as myocardial infarction, chest pain, unstable angina, hypertension, diabetes, and renal failure. We prioritize creativity and flexibility to meet the diverse needs of our patient population. Providing care requires great empathy and understanding, especially for our underserved and uninsured patients, who have significant needs that demand innovative thinking and careful discharge planning. Our staff is highly engaged and supportive of one another, fostering a strong sense of teamwork. Team members assist each other proactively, creating a welcoming and warm environment.
Your responsibilities
Ø You will create and maintain an environment that assures nursing practice reflects established standards of care and practice and a culture that promotes patient safety.
Ø Be responsible for the daily operations of assigned nursing unit, including creating and managing staffing plans and ensuring appropriate equipment and resources are available to staff to do their job.
Ø Ensure appropriate and timely use of bed placement technology and adherence to care processes for bed placement/patient transfer/patient transport/room cleaning and patient discharge.
Ø Ensure the safe transition of patients through the continuum of care to include active participation of nursing staff in planning and coordinating patient care, and direct hand-off to next appropriate level of care.
Ø Be accountable for meeting operational budgets for assigned department.
Position Pay Range: $73.57-$106.89/hour
In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Act, Scripps Health posts the pay range for all jobs. Please note that actual pay will be determined based on relevant experience and internal equity within the pay range. Please also note this range is applicable for employees who reside in California only. A geographical pay differential may be applied for remote employees who reside out of state. Scripps Health strives to ensure that our employees receive equal pay for equal work in line with our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer.
Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
