Manager Nursing Pediatric Acute

Where You’ll Work

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds, 48 licensed critical care beds, 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition, we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center, the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Family Care Center, a Level II NICU, the Sarvanand Heart, and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite, the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics, and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.

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Job Summary and Responsibilities

• Manages the resources and daily activities of a nursing department while ensuring environmental factors support high standards of patient care. Assists in the training and development of new and existing staff members. Creates and maintains an environment that is conducive to learning transfer. Coordinates the activities of the unit for each shift and directs, organizes, and assigns work to the nursing staff. Provides patient care as needed. 
• Schedules nursing staff to specific shifts, taking into account past utilization trends. Measures employee performance. Assists in the training of new staff members and the development of existing staff members. 
• Coordinates the activities of the unit during a particular shift and directs, organizes, and assigns work to the nursing staff. 
• Assesses, monitors, and educates the nursing staff on patient care. Institutes emergency procedures as necessary. 
• Provides nursing care to patients on an as needed basis. 

Job Requirements

Education and Experience:

Minimum of three (3) years of nursing experience and one (1) year of leadership experience. 

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or equivalent education and experience. Magnet Hospital: BSN required.

Registered Nursing License (RN) in state of practice, Basic Life Support (BLS), other credentials or credential modules may be required.