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Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Nurse Manager 2

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOakland, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Minimum four years of experience in a leadership role, with or without direct reports.
  • Minimum three years of customer, member, or patient service experience.
  • A bachelor's degree in business, nursing, health care, or a directly related field and at least five years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field; alternatively, at least eight years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field.
  • A California Registered Nurse license is required at hire.
  • Basic Life Support certification is required at hire.

Responsibilities

  • Lead implementation of best-practice models, patient-care delivery systems, and practice standards across the service line.
  • Delegate tasks related to investigating and resolving patient, family, or member concerns about patient care and services.
  • Facilitate collaboration with physicians, outside health care providers, and other health care team members to deliver optimal and safe patient care across the continuum.
  • Monitor resource needs in multiple clinical areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; manage equipment, supplies, and medications; and ensure a safe environment for patients and employees.
  • Maintain clinical expertise and provide clinical supervision, competency, and licensing oversight needed to direct unit care; delegate duties according to scope of practice and perform clinical duties as required.
  • Collaborate with Nursing Clinical Practice to ensure staff provide high-quality care and comply with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and federal, state, and local requirements.
  • Create and support developmental opportunities; build cross-functional relationships; solicit and act on performance feedback; set goals and provide coaching; hire, train, develop, and evaluate talent; plan succession; and set performance management guidelines and expectations across teams and units.
  • Oversee organizational change and share best practices; foster dialogue, engagement, motivation, and collaboration; delegate tasks and decisions; and provide guidance and support.
  • Manage designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical actions, overseeing work assignments, ensuring policy compliance, and partnering with stakeholders to meet service requirements and departmental strategies.
  • Align team efforts, establish accountability and measure results, make decisions, resolve escalated issues, communicate objectives, plan resources and costs, and ensure matrixed resources meet service or performance requirements.
  • Manage ambulatory operations by overseeing and advancing action-item implementation, timelines, and compliance with financial commitments; implement workflows and strategies to achieve performance targets; and develop operational initiatives, programs, services, and systems.
  • Manage performance measurement and employee management; lead survey and compliance readiness activities, mock rounds, issue mitigation, and audit documentation; and contribute to payroll and non-payroll budgets, financial management, and cost control.
  • Develop strategic partnerships with physicians, subject-matter experts, and service-area leaders; oversee complex workstreams; develop and implement data-gathering plans, policies, and processes; analyze data; and ensure alignment with guidelines and regulations.
  • Align patient-care management solutions across departments and service lines; manage clinical resources; lead multidisciplinary ambulatory teams and hold them accountable for performance.
  • Assist in designing emergency-preparedness programs and ensure emergency and recovery plans are current and managers and staff are trained.
  • Lead project teams and initiatives, monitor implementation and equitable resource distribution, and ensure delivery of objectives.
  • Lead long-term strategic projects to improve quality, service, affordability, and operating efficiency; identify root causes and implement solutions to improve operational processes; and ensure project performance metrics align with strategic organizational initiatives.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN).
  • Three years of project/program management or implementation-related experience.

About the Company

Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Kaiser Permanente runs an integrated healthcare platform that lets members manage and pay medical, premium, and pharmacy bills online. It serves Medicare Advantage, Individual and Family, and non-employer plans, offering options to pay as a guest or set up payment plans. The platform works by presenting a centralized online portal where users can view bills, choose how to pay, and handle multiple types of charges in one place. Revenue comes from premiums and medical services fees, while the service aims to reduce administrative work for both providers and patients and encourage on-time payments. What sets Kaiser Permanente apart is its combination of healthcare services with a single billing experience across multiple plan types, focusing on a user-friendly, centralized payment process rather than handling billing through separate systems. Its goal is to provide a straightforward, reliable way for members to manage and pay their bills, improving convenience and payment timeliness.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$7.5M
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Founded
1945

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