Clinical Manager - Oncology

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is currently seeking a Clinical Nurse Manager for our Oncology Department and Infusion Suite.

The Clinical Manager is the first line manager responsible for the 24-hour functioning of the units.

The Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Oncology floor is a 32-bed dedicated unit caring for patients with cancer who live in the many communities along the Central Coast of California.

The Infusion Suite is a 12 chair out-patient unit providing a variety of Intravenous mediations seven days a week from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM.

Nurses are trained and certified to administer chemotherapy/biotherapy and support the staff to become Oncology Certified Nurses.

We are committed to providing excellent patient care in a supportive and nurturing environment and we are especially proud of our close collaboration with our oncologists, the Palliative Care team, and other departments and staff.

Major Accountabilities/Specific Job Competencies

Clinical Management

• Provides clinical consultation and supervision to nursing personnel and other staff as appropriate.
• Participates in the clinical operations and patient care activities within the unit.
• Assures patient care is consistently provided in accordance with organizational/system-wide accepted standards of care and practice.
• Demonstrates effective management of staffing resources by providing for appropriate skill mix and numbers of staff for the service.
• Models expert decision-making, collaboration and negotiation skills at both service and organizational levels in strategizing to maximize patient outcomes and resource utilization.
• Actively participates in work processes and system redesign.

Creates a sense of partnership and collegiality with care team staff and managers through consensus building, role clarification and outcomes measurement activities.
• Empowers point-of-service staff in decision-making/problem-solving through shared governance with an aim of clinical quality, service excellence, cost-effectiveness and continuity in care.
• Follows up on any unusual occurrences or untoward incidents involving patients, employees, or applicable equipment/instruments or supplies.
• Collaborates in the identification, investigation and implementation of improvement opportunities directly related to professional/patient care practices and patient outcomes.
• Utilizes current quality improvement/problem solving knowledge and skills in day-to-day operations and strategic planning.
• Makes recommendations concerning new or revised policies and procedures involving all aspects of patient care, and personnel.

Clarifies and supports existing policies and procedures.

Fiscal/Resource Management

• Provides ongoing interpretation of financial and clinical data for service to facilitate understanding of the impact of their clinical service practice to the financial goals of the organization.
• Analyzes population-specific data to identify service/program opportun...