RN Manager - Patient Care - Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) - La Jolla

Full-Time | Benefited | Salaried Position
Management Incentive Compensation Plan (MICP) Eligible
Prebys Cardiovascular Institute - Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (Magnet Recognized)

This is a Full Time, benefited position as a RN Manager in the Cardiovascular ICU department in Prebys Cardiovascular Institute in our magnet recognized La Jolla Memorial Hospital. It is a salaried position eligible for the Management Incentive Compensation Plan (MICP).

CVICU is a dynamic, fast paced 29-bed ICU that specializes in caring for patients post open heart, cardiogenic shock, ECMO, VADs, cardiac advanced support devices and CRRT.

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate nurse manager to lead our high acuity intensive care unit. This pivotal role involves overseeing daily operations, ensuring exceptional patient care, and fostering a collaborative environment among multidisciplinary teams.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, clinical expertise, and a commitment to continuous improvement in a fast-paced critical care setting. As the manager, you will work with a dynamic multidisciplinary cohesive team, align unit goals with hospital strategy, and champion innovative care and safety practices.

The unit manager places the patient's needs, preferences and values at the core of every decision, transforming care to a collaborative holistic process to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.

This RN Manager creates and maintains an environment that assures nursing practice reflects established standards of care and practice and a culture that promotes patient safety.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the daily operations of assigned nursing unit.
• Creating and managing staffing plans.
• Ensuring appropriate equipment and resources are available to staff to do their job.
• Ensuring appropriate and timely use of bed placement technology.
• Ensuring adherence to care processes for bed placement, patient transfer, patient transport, room cleaning and patient discharge.
• Ensuring the safe transition of patients through the continuum of care.
• Supporting active participation of nursing staff in planning and coordinating patient care.
• Providing direct hand-off to the next appropriate level of care.
• Accountable for meeting operational budgets for assigned department(s).

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Grow through industry-leading development programs and empower yourself to deliver innovative care. Be a part of an extraordinary team, impacting health in beautiful San Diego.

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:

• Associate's degree plus five years applicable clinical experience in critical care, two of which in a leadership role.
• Requires excellent skills in communication, problem-solving, team development, planning and follow-through.
• Ability to exercise the authority and responsibility for assigned services based on the scope of the organization and complexity of patient care.
• Graduate of an accredited program
• Bachelors in Nursing

Required Certification/Registration:

• Maintains current California RN license.
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS and ACLS certification
• All competencies/certifications required of the charge RN on the unit.

Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:

• Master's degree is strongly preferred.
• Extensive CVICU experience is strongly preferred
• Certification in area of specialty preferred