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Clinical Nurse Manager - Interventional Suites

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is currently seeking a Clinical Nurse Manager for our Interventional Suites.

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

The Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Interventional Suite consists of six/seven interventional suites where Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Interventional Radiology, and Neuro Interventional Radiology procedures are performed.

The manager will have oversite of nursing care in the ECHO lab and in SBCH radiology suites.

Multiple roles work under the direction of the manager including Registered Nurses, Radiology Techs, and Patient Care Techs.

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 cardiologists, the Interventional Radiologists, Neuro Interventional Radiologists, 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 servic...




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